International Affairs

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm at the clampdown on freedom of expression in parts of the Asia-Pacific, including in Sri Lanka, during the COVID-19 crisis, saying any actions taken to stop the spread of false information must be proportionate.

Sri Lanka has expressed solidarity with China regard to the Hong Kong issue.

On 26 May when the two-month curfew on the island was lifted, Charge d’affaires of Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka Mr. Hu Wei handed over a donation of 125,000 face masks to the Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma. The masks will be distributed to students from low-income families across the country to meet their urgent health need raised by schools in order to reopen post-lockdown.

Continuing repatriation of Indian nationals stranded abroad due to COVID19, Indian Naval Ship INS Jalashwa made a voyage from Colombo Port to Tuticorin in India on 1st June 2020. The ship has sailed to Tuticorin in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu with nearly 700 stranded Indian nations from Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka historically had a very strong disease surveillance system. It had controlled and eliminated many communicable diseases in the past. This experience provided a foundation for Sri Lanka to prepare and control COVID-19, WHO Representative to Sri Lanka Dr. Razia Pendse said.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of World Health Organization, attends the virtual 73rd World Health Assembly following the coronavirus disease outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020.

හමුදා බුද්ධි සේවයේ ප‍්‍රධානියා වූ මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සුරේශ් සැලේ සර්වලෝක නීතිය යටතේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගන්නැයි එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ හිටපු නිලධාරිනි යස්මින් සුකා මහත්මිය ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලය සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර අධිකරණයෙන් ඉල්ලා ඇත.

On May 28, to mark the 68th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Cambodia, and to convey a message of felicitations from Ravinatha Aryasinha Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka to his counterpart Ouch Borith, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Thailand Samantha K. Jayasuriya met the Ambassador of Cambodia to Thailand Ouk Sorphorn.

ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ නව ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් ගෝපාල් බග්ලේ අද පෙරවරුවේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවුණා. ඒ, ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේදීයි. නව ක්ෂේත‍්‍ර විමර්ශනය කරමින් ද්විපාර්ශවික සබඳතා තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා වන දෙරටේ කැපවීම ජනාධිපතිවරයා, මෙරට ඉන්දීය නව මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා වෙත නැවත තහවුරු කළ බවයි ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශය පැවසුවේ.

සිය සේවා කාලය අවසන් කළ බංගලාදේශ මහකොමසාරිස් රියාස් හමිදුල්ලා මහතා ඊයේ (02) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මුණගැසෙයි.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation in Jordan and is taking all requisite measures to ensure the welfare of Sri Lankans in Jordan. The Embassy continues to distribute dry rations to needy Sri Lankan families who have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis in Jordan and have not been able to return to their jobs.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, gestures hello to an MEP prior to addressing the European Parliament plenary in Brussels, May 27, 2020.

The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz says accountability is a must over the killing of George Floyd.

OAKLAND, CALIF. - President Donald Trump posted identical messages on Twitter and Facebook this week. But while the two social platforms have very similar policies on voter misinformation and glorifying violence, they dealt with Trump’s posts very differently, proof that Silicon Valley is far from a united front when it comes to political decisions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday on completing 50 years as a parliamentarian.

NEW DELHI - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the next Group of Seven summit, India's Foreign Affairs Ministry said Tuesday.

ත්‍රීකුණාමලයේ පිහිටි ඉන්දියාව සතුව පවතින තෙල් ටැංකි 25ක් ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයට ලබාගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉන්දීය රජයෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කිරීමට ඛනිජ තෙල් කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය තීරණය කර තිබේ.

Former Opposition Leader and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday met with the Ambassador of Kuwait Khalaf M. M. Bu Dhhair to discuss the plight of Sri Lankan migrant workers in the country.