Minister Dullas Alahapperuma who met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on February 18 has invited him for a youth conference to be held in May, the Inner City Press reported.

However when Inner City Press asked Mr. Ban's outgoing spokesman Martin Nesirky if Mr. Alahapperuma had invited Mr. Ban for a youth conference, Mr. Nesirky said the UN was not in the habit of disclosing what its interlocutors say.