Continuing his efforts to promote dialogue with Heads of Mission of Islamic countries concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka from New Delhi, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda Tuesday presented a copy of the Sinhala translation of the Holy Quran to the Ambassador of Bahrain to India Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed AlGaoud on Tuesday, the Colombo foreign office said.In February Moragoda had presented copies of the Quran to the Ambassador of Morocco in India.
This Sinhala translation published by the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) of Sri Lanka, was presented to the Bahraini Ambassador at the Embassy of Bahrain in New Delhi.
Previously, the High Commission had presented copies of the Sinhala Quran to the Jama Masjid of Delhi and the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (Council of Muslim Theologians of India).
In keeping with the “Integrated Country Strategy for Sri Lanka Diplomatic Missions in India”, the policy roadmap of High Commissioner Moragoda, the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi has been promoting dialogue with all major religions in India.