Venerable Pannakara Thera paid gratitude to the Sri Lankan President who opened the country to have a very big team of Buddhist monks from so many countries and welcoming them, who arrived in the country for the Walk for Peace and also the mission of receiving the Sacred Buddha Relics and a sapling of the Sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree to take back to the United States of America (USA) which he said was the first time ever in