A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the United National Party and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party on a national government this morning at the Presidential Secretariat.

The MoU was signed immediately after the swearing-in of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

UNP General Secretary Kabir Hashim and SLFP Acting General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake signed the MoU on behalf of the two parties.

Wickremesinghe's UNP won 106 seats in the recent parliamentary election. The SLFP is the larger partner in the UPFA, which won 95 seats.