by US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the UN. The Sri Lanka Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Association (SLPPFA) held a massive rally led by the Minister for health and nutrition of Sri Lanka in support of Palestine during the issue. Maithripala Sirisena, the Sri Lankan president and chairperson of the centre-left Sri Lanka Freedom Party, also gave assurance that Sri Lanka is committed to stand by the struggle for independence of the Palestinian people. The president also gave Palestine a plot of land in Colombo to open a new embassy. See also Foreign relations of Palestine Foreign relations of Sri Lanka References Sri Lanka Bilateral relations of Sri Lanka