International Affairs

India and Sri Lanka have stepped up Intelligence cooperation on the high seas ever since President Gotabaya Rajapaksa came to power, the Economic Times reported.

නව රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික නිලධාරීන් ලෙස නම් කළ නිලධාරීන් 08 දෙනෙකු එම ධුර සඳහා පත් කිරීමට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ උසස් නිලතල පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාව අද පස්වරුවේ සිය අනුමැතිය ලබා දුන්නේ ය.

The United States donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Sri Lanka as part of the United States’ on-going assistance to Sri Lanka in its response to COVID-19.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Sultanate of Oman O. L. Ameer Ajwad paid a courtesy call on, the new Minister for Economy of the Sultanate of Oman Dr. Said Al Saqri .

BEIJING (Reuters): The World Health Organization gave China its support and understanding to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still underway, a Chinese health official said on Friday.

ළමයින් උදෙසා සාධාරණත්වය හා යුක්තිය සහතික කිරීම සඳහා නීති වෙනස් කිරීමට මුල පිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ ළමා අරමුදල (UNICEF) නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයට ප්‍රසාදය පළ කර තිබේ.

MUMBAI (Reuters): Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa sought an additional currency swap facility and deferment of debt payments from India during an online bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, Indian officials said.

The global coronavirus death toll could hit two million before an effective vaccine is widely used, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි අතර වීඩියෝ තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ ද්විපාර්ශවික සමුළුවක් ලබන සෙනසුරාදා දිනයේ පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතව තිබේ.

The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center has reported large jumps in new COVID-19 cases in India and the U.S.

එළඹෙන අමෙරිකානු ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ පශ්චාත් මැතිවරණ කාලය තුළ සුපුරුදු පරිදි විධිමත් හා සාමකාමී ලෙස බල හුවමාරුවක් සිදුවනු ඇතැයි සෙනට් මණ්ඩලයේ රිපබ්ලිකන් නායක මිච් මැක් - කොනල් පවසනවා.

South Korean Ambassador Woonjin Jeong, said he was impressed by the effective measures implemented by Sri Lanka to deter the spread of COVID-19 and Sri Lanka is one of the safest countries to live in at present.

චීන පර්යේෂණ ආයතනයක් සිදුකළ සමීක්ෂණයකට අනුව කොවිඩ් – 19 ගෝලීය වසංගතය පාලනයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ලොව දෙවැනි ස්ථානයට පත්ව තිබේ.

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena led the Sri Lankan delegation to the informal meeting of the Council of Ministers of the eight-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on 24 September 2020. The annual event, which traditionally takes place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, was convened in virtual mode this year amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

The importance of focusing on trade and economic relations between the two countries was highlighted as a key to enhance bilateral relations at the Webinar titled ‘50 Years of Viet Nam - Sri Lanka Relations: Achievements and Prospects’ organised to mark the historical milestone of 50 years of the establishment of Sri Lanka and Viet Nam formal diplomatic relations.

Indian Deputy High Commissioner Vinod K Jacob positively assessed the strong engagement between India and Sri Lanka during the past year including in the context of mutual support in dealing with Covid related challenges.

A South Korean official has been shot dead and burned by North Korean troops, the South's defence ministry said, condemning the "brutal act".

The Riyadh Chamber of Commerce (RCC), under its International Trade Cooperation initiative, has extended their assistance towards Sri Lankan companies who are interested in having business linkages with Saudi companies.