Sri Lankan president appoints new 16 member cabinet

Dinesh Gunawardena is appointed as the country's minister of Foreign Affairs, Skills Development, Employment and Labor Relations at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nov. 22, 2019. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday appointed a new 16 member cabinet which will function till the next parliamentary election is announced. The new ministers took oaths in front of the president at the Presidential Secretariat in capital Colombo. (Photo by Gayan Sameer/Xinhua)