International Affairs

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජී එස් පී ප්ලස් බදු සහනය තාවකාලිකව ඉවත් කර ගැනීම සහ එහි ප්‍රතිලාභ සලකා බලන ලෙස යුරෝපා කොමිසමෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටින යෝජනාවක් යුරෝපා සංගම් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව සම්මත කර ගෙන තිබෙනවා. ඊට හේතුවී ඇත්තේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය මානව හිමිකම් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ සම්මත කර ගැනීම සහ බලාත්මක කිරීම මෙන්ම ත්‍රස්තවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත අවලංගු නොකිරීම බවයි වාර්තා වන්නේ.

ඉන්දියාවේ පෞද්ගලික රෝහල් කොවිඩ් එන්නත් ලබා දීමේ දී අය කළ හැකි උපරිම මිල නියම කිරීමට රජය පියවර ගෙන තිබේ.

Switzerland said it expresses solidarity with Sri Lanka in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and yesterday delivered over half a million antigen tests, 50 ventilators, 150 oxygen concentrators as well as other medical examination materials worth of Rs. 800 million.

ගිනිගැනීමට ලක්වූ එක්ස්ප්‍රස් පර්ල් නෞකාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් දැක්වූ ප්‍රතිචාරයට සහයක් වශයෙන් අමෙරිකාව විසින් ඩොලර් 100,000ක ආධාරයක් ලබාදී තිබේ.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has assured Sri Lanka continued support at the United Nations (UN).

Sri Lanka has congratulated the Maldives for being elected as the President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

A Sri Lankan has been appointed by US President Joe Biden to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.

X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship X-Press Pearl insisted that there were no confirmed reports of an oil spill from the ship as of last evening.

While coronavirus infection rates and hospitalizations continue to plummet across the United States, the White House COVID-19 Response Team said Tuesday the Delta variant strain of the virus that causes the disease still poses a threat, particularly among the younger population.

The EU Parliament adopted a resolution on Sri Lanka yesterday calling for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

The European Parliament gave final approval Wednesday to the COVID-19 digital certificate — a smart phone app that European Union citizens can use to travel freely among European countries without having to quarantine or undergo extra tests.

ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ඇස් වසා සමන්තාගේ බැටෑලියන් එක මෙරටට ඇතුළු වූ විදිහ එළිවේ

India this week said it was ready for an economic partnership for 21st century with Sri Lanka to usher in sustained and rapid growth and shared prosperity.

LONDON - Leaders of the G-7 group of industrialized nations meet this weekend in Britain, with an agenda topped by the global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, taxation, and the challenges posed by Russia and China.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov who had a telephone conversation with his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardane said Russia was fully cooperative of the initiative to co-produce its Sputnik V vaccine here and asked the Sri Lankan authorities to expedite the process.

NEW YORK - The U.N. General Assembly will vote Friday to give rotating seats on the powerful 15-nation Security Council to five countries.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has responded positively to a request made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to supply 600,000 doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccines to Sri Lanka's Health Ministry, sources within the President's office said.

BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination drive yesterday as it seeks to beat a third wave of infections and reboot its vital tourism industry, which has been devastated by pandemic travel curbs.