International Affairs

ජිනීවා යෝජනාවෙන් ශී‍්‍ර ලංකා රජය ඉවත්වීම ගැන රටවල් 31 ක් එරෙහි වී ඇත.

Sri Lanka and Israel marking a historical landmark in the bilateral relations between the countries signed a bilateral agreement on the Temporary Employment of Sri Lankan workers in specific Labour Market Sectors in Israel at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel in Jerusalem on February 24, a release issued by the Foreign Relations Ministry said.

In view of the upcoming parliamentary elections, the European Union (EU) has recommended that the Government of Sri Lanka puts in place an action plan to affirm its commitment to reconciliation, the rule of law (also with a view to ending impunity for war crimes), the protection of civil society, independent media and human rights.

Fifty more houses are to be built in a plantation area in Galle under the Indian Government raided 14,000 houses programme in remote villages for the benefit of the poor people without shelter of their own.

The Government will soon ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India to develop the Jaffna International Airport, a top Minister confirmed.

Germany says it is ready to continue to support the reconciliation process in Sri Lanka, especially in view of the German history.

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Out-going Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan on Thursday paid a courtesy call on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and said it was an honour to work as the Ambassador to Sri Lanka.

The United Kingdom and Canada are disappointed with Sri Lanka’s decision to withdraw its co-sponsorship from a UN Resolution.

Indian Shipping Minister M. Mandaviya said that the shipping service between India and Sri Lanka will commence soon. He said that the first stage of the service would be a luxury ferry service between Kankasanthurai in Jaffna and Sidambaranagar in Tamil Nadu, India. He said a shipping service between Talaimannar and India’s Rameswaran will commence under the second stage.

ජගත් මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ සම්මත කරගෙන ඇති යෝජනාවල සම අනුග්‍රාහකත්වයෙන් ඉවත් වන බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය ප්‍රකාශ කළද, සංහිඳියාව, මානව හිමිකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වගවීමෙන් හා නීත්‍යනුකූල බැඳීම්වලින් ඉවත් විය නොහැකි බව ප්‍රංශ රජය අවධාරණය කරනවා.

During the call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday, High Commissioner of Pakistan to Sri Lanka Maj. Gen. (Rtd.) Muhammad Saad Khattak informed the Prime Minister that Pakistan is offering 1,000 fully-funded scholarships to Sri Lankan students under the Allama Iqbal Scholarships program.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has made a last ditch effort to pacify UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet explaining the island nations Government’s already tainted commitment to achieving accountability and human rights.

The Parliamentary Committee on High Posts approved the appointment of veteran musician Rohana Baddage as the new Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Maldives.

Zambian Government has explored the possibility of sharing the expertise and experiences of the Sri Lankan military which had been able todefeat the world's most ruthless terrorist organization, the LTTE on 18 May 2009.

More Sri Lankans will get opportunities to find employment in Israel under a bilateral agreement between the two countries marking a milestone in the bilateral relation between the two countries.

Sri Lankan authorities have expressed interest in a range of options for future engagement with the IMF but the specifics will be discussed after the next review in mid-April, the IMF said on Thursday.

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