International Affairs

මානව හහිමිකම් උල්ලංඝනය කිරීමේ චෝදනා ඇති හමුදාපති ශවේන්ද්‍ර සිල්වා හා අනෙකුත් හමුදා නිලධාරීන් වගඋත්තරකරුවන් කරන ලෙස ඇමරිකානු රාජ්‍ය දෙපාර්තමේන්තු ප්‍රධානී රොබර්ට වෙස්ට්රෝ කළ ඉල්ලීම ජනපති මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විසින් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කර ඇත.

The International Truth and Justice Project has called for a review of all naval cooperation with Sri Lanka after it found a large number of top Sri Lankan navy commanders were complicit in torture, disappearance and murder that occurred inside naval sites from at least 2008-14.

Economic Reforms and Public Distribution Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva met UK Minister of State for International Trade Conor Burns, MP, on the sidelines of the Sri Lanka Investment Forum 2019 held in London recently.

Indian full-service carrier Vistara said it will start daily non-stop flights on the Mumbai-Colombo route from November 25 this year, the Press Trust of India reported.

China Southern Airlines has restored its fully-fledged services of three flights per week to and from Colombo, which was reduced to one soon after the Easter Sunday tragedy.

The European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) to Sri Lanka began its observation work in Colombo today (Tuesday 21) and they will monitor the election campaign in the run up to November 16 Presidential election.

Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana is leading the Sri Lanka delegation to the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

Secretary to the Foreign Ministry Ravinatha Aryasinha has emphasised the urgent need for the development of an overarching security architecture and institutional frameworks that address the security issues in the Indian Ocean Region. Referring to the Track 1.5 Conference ‘The Indian Ocean: Defining our Future’ hosted by Sri Lanka in October 2018, which is to graduate to a Ministerial level conference, he noted that it held the promise of contributing to the development of an international rules-based order, with established rules and principles, operating on a common understanding of the challenges and solutions in the Indian Ocean region. He added that the finalisation of a Work Plan at the First Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) Maritime Safety and Security (MSS) Working Group chaired by Sri Lanka and held in Colombo in August 2019, would also allow Member states to facilitate practical coordination to ensure sustainable economic development.

The UAE Embassy in Colombo has issued a fresh alert to travellers, warning them not to visit the South Asian country of Sri Lanka, Gulf News reported.

Minister for Economic Development of Maldives Fayyaz Ismail who graced the inaugural session of the Meeting on 23 October, with CEO of SDF Dr. Sunil Motiwal and SDF Counterpart Agency focal points from the eight SAARC Member States – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan , India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

In a first effort of its nature, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Colombo is collaboratively unveiling a Forum on Bamboo for Energy and Industrial Sustainability on 25 October.

Sri Lanka has been removed from the "Grey List" of the international terror financing watchdog FATF, according to a media report.

The UAE Embassy in Colombo has published a new tweet revising its travel advisory to Sri Lanka, this time requesting tourists to exercise caution and stay away from public gatherings while touring the country.

The Trump administration says it will push the new Sri Lankan Government on the human rights issue.

President Maithripala Sirisena arrived at the Narita International Airport, Tokyo yesterday to attend the Enthronement ceremony of His Majesty Emperor Naruhito. The President was received by Sri Lankan Ambassador to Tokyo Prof. Ganganath Dissanayake, Embassy officials and a special Japanese delegation. President Sirisena will join several world leaders for the ceremony to be held at the State Hall of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

The European Union (EU) has noted that the upcoming Presidential election is important for Sri Lanka to continue making progress on its path of reform and national reconciliation.

ජපානයේ තෙදින නිල සංචාරයක නිරත ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා සහ ජපානයේ හිටපු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය යෂුවෝ ෆුකූඩා මහතා අතර හමුවක් ඊයේ (22) පෙරවරුවේ ටෝකියෝ නුවරදී පැවැත්විණි.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka attended the lecture on the Indo-Pacific concept within the framework of the course of public lectures titled ‘ASEAN Academic Days’ on 16 October, at the invitation of the Moscow State University of International Affairs (MGIMO). The institution is renowned as the most prestigious university in Russia for international political, legal and economic studies since it was begun 1944, and celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.