International Affairs

A high level team from United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna joined by no less than the UN Resident Coordinator Sri Lanka launched the next phase of Sri Lanka industry revolution on 24 January in Colombo.

The European Union has announced that it has decided to extend the GSP Plus facility for Sri Lanka to 2023. Meanwhile, the ambassadors of the countries of the European Union expressed their interest in investing in Sri Lanka and asked Industrial Export, Investment Promotion and Civil Aviation Minister Prasasnna Ranatunga to explore the possibility of recommencing Sri Lankan flights to European countries.

Minister Susil Premajayantha, Special Envoy of the Government of Sri Lanka accompanied by Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka Faiszer Musthapha, visited the Sultanate of Oman to convey the condolence messages from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa addressed to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, on the demise of late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Foreign Ministry said today.

Sri Lanka has decided to outsource visa services for Chinese tourists to a sub-agent in China.

Renowned journalist C.A. Chandraprema has been appointed as the new Sri Lankan Ambassador to Geneva, it is reported.

කටාර් ගුවන් සේවය තම ඉරාන ගුවන් ගමන් තාවකාලිකව අත්හිටුවා තිබිණි.

The German Federal Foreign Office has granted funds to the Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) for the translation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to the Sinhala and Tamil languages.

Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval made the offer when he met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo yesterday.

ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා ලබන මාසයේ චීනයේ නිළ සංචාරයක නිරතවීමට නියමිතව ඇත.

Pioneering work on UNIDO’s new Country Program for Sri Lanka 2020-’24 commences tomorrow January 24 in Colombo. “UNIDO interventions have a long history of industrial value chain development and improved quality infrastructure of Sri Lankan products. The new country program is based on industry and innovation related Sustainable Development Goals called SDG 9 framework” said Sri Lanka UNIDO Focal Point National Director Nawaz Rajabdeen on 23 January.

පෙබරවාරි 24 වැනිදා ආරම්භ වන 43 වැනි ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් සමුළුවේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමග එක්‌ව ක්‍රියා කිරීමට රුසියාව සහ චීනය එක`ග වී ඇත.

A top U.S. official who was in Sri Lanka yesterday delivered a letter from her President Donald Trump to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa underscoring his government’s commitment and interest in furthering and depending partnership with Sri Lanka.

කොට්ටාව සිට පිටකොටුව දක්වා කණු මතින් දිවෙන විදුලි කාර් සේවාවක් ආරම්භ කිරීමට ව්‍යාපෘති වාර්තාවක් චීනය මගින් ආණ්ඩුවට ලබාදී ඇත.

China has sought to improve its bilateral relations with Sri Lanka to form comprehensive strategic partnership, Daily Mirror learns.

Dr. P.N Meegaswatte gets an overseas posting as the Thailand ambassador official source said adding that Sri Lanka maintains 67 missions/posts overseas at present.

Four new ambassadors and a new High Commissioner concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo yesterday.

Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Gareth Bailey and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Director for South Asia and Afghanistan Sara Hulton. The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka also participated in this meeting, which was held recently at the Foreign Relations Ministry.

China has pledged to assist Sri Lanka become economically independent and continues to standby Sri Lanka’s interests.