Speech delivered by H.E.Mahinda Rajapakse, president of Sri Lanka on 10th November 2011 at the 17th SAARC Summit in Addu city in The Maldives.

Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,

H.E. the President’s address to the sports breakfast  meeting organized by Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting(CHOGM) in Perth ,Australia on 29th October 2011.

 SL hosting C'wealth games would inspire 45 other nations – President
 
We strongly believe that Sri Lanka's hosting of the Games would inspire over 45 other nations, who have so far never hosted these Games, to come forward and bid to host future Games. These nations would certainly benefit by the massive economic opportunities that host nations derive from hosting Games of this magnitude and scale, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.