Sri Lanka president invites all parties in parliament to join govt

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa gestures during the country's 74th Independence Day celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's president on Monday invited all political parties represented in parliament to accept ministerial portfolios to help find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in decades, his office said in a statement.

"President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invited all political parties to come together to find solutions to the ongoing national crisis," the statement said.