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| Scotland marks Remembrance Sunday | Scotland marks Remembrance Sunday |
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| Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond is to take part in a special service in Sri Lanka to mark Remembrance Sunday. | |
| Mr Salmond will attend the Commonwealth Graves Commission cemetery in Colombo. He has remained in the country since the 2014 Commonwealth Games decision. | Mr Salmond will attend the Commonwealth Graves Commission cemetery in Colombo. He has remained in the country since the 2014 Commonwealth Games decision. |
| Services will be held across Scotland to commemorate the moment when fighting stopped in November 1918 at the end of World War I. | Services will be held across Scotland to commemorate the moment when fighting stopped in November 1918 at the end of World War I. |
| Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will lead Scotland's commemorations. | Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will lead Scotland's commemorations. |
| Mr Salmond will lay a wreath, provided by the Lady Haig Poppy Fund in Edinburgh, at the memorial in Sri Lanka to the war dead. | Mr Salmond will lay a wreath, provided by the Lady Haig Poppy Fund in Edinburgh, at the memorial in Sri Lanka to the war dead. |
| A wreath will also be laid by the Lord Provost of Glasgow Robert Winter. | A wreath will also be laid by the Lord Provost of Glasgow Robert Winter. |
| The service will be led by the Rev John Purves, who is based in Colombo. | The service will be led by the Rev John Purves, who is based in Colombo. |
| It is important that we pay our respects on Remembrance Sunday to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in war Alex SalmondFirst minister | It is important that we pay our respects on Remembrance Sunday to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in war Alex SalmondFirst minister |
| He is the only Church of Scotland Minister with a congregation in Asia. | He is the only Church of Scotland Minister with a congregation in Asia. |
| Speaking ahead of the service, Mr Salmond said: "The Commonwealth nations have come together as one family this week, and it is important that we pay our respects on Remembrance Sunday to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in war. | Speaking ahead of the service, Mr Salmond said: "The Commonwealth nations have come together as one family this week, and it is important that we pay our respects on Remembrance Sunday to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in war. |
| "They helped to secure the freedoms that we enjoy today, and we must never forget them." | "They helped to secure the freedoms that we enjoy today, and we must never forget them." |
| In Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon is expected to lay a wreath at the city chambers on behalf of the Scottish Government. | In Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon is expected to lay a wreath at the city chambers on behalf of the Scottish Government. |
| Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Rev Sheilagh Kesting, said that despite the commemorations, killing continues in too many places on earth. | Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Rev Sheilagh Kesting, said that despite the commemorations, killing continues in too many places on earth. |
| "Remembrance Day presents us with the opportunity to stop in the midst of all that preoccupies us to remember the names, the cost in human life, the grieving of so many people," she said. | "Remembrance Day presents us with the opportunity to stop in the midst of all that preoccupies us to remember the names, the cost in human life, the grieving of so many people," she said. |