International Affairs

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that preliminary data found that Sri Lanka fell short of the primary surplus target in 2019 under the program supported by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa departs to New Delhi today on a state visit to India on the invitation of his Indian Premier Narendra Modi from February 7 to 11. This is the first foreign visit by Rajapaksa after assuming duties as the Prime Minister in November last year.

පවුම් මිලියන හයකට (රුපියල් මිලියන 1410) ආසන්න මුදලක් විශුද්ධිකරණය කිරීමට කුමන්ත්‍රණය කළ බව පිළිගත් ශ්‍රී ලංකික සම්භවයක් ඇති පුද්ගලයෙකුට සිර දඬුවම් නියම වී තිබේ.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he was confident Sri Lanka will address the issues of the Tamils.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday gifted a consignment of Ceylon Black Tea to Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan to be sent to those affected by the Coronavirus in his country.

අග‍්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ රුසියානු හමුදා ප‍්‍රධානී, අණදෙන නිලධාරී ජෙනරල් ඔලෙග් සලූයුකෝව් (oleg salyukov) මහතා අතර සාකච්ඡාවක් (05) අරලිය ගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි.

India’s Congress party met Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and discussed a wide range of issues in New Delhi.

Russia while offering more training facilities for Sri Lankan military, has pledged to increase assistance to improve air operation capabilities of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF)

Iran wants to expand ties with Sri Lanka on all fronts in order to serve the interests of both nations’ mutual interests.

A top US official said yesterday his country remained hopeful that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact would succeed and was prepared to address any concerns in this regard.

ඉන්දීය අග‍්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මහතාගේ ආරාධනයකට අනුව අග‍්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පෙබරවාරි 7 වනදා සිට 11 වනදා දක්වා ඉන්දියාවේ රාජ්‍ය සංචාරයක් සඳහා සහභාගි වීමට නියමිතය.

Pakistan remains committed to working closely with Sri Lanka, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said yesterday.

සිව්දින රාජ්‍ය සංචාරයක් සදහා දිවයිනෙන් පිටත්ව ගිය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා අද (07) පස්වරුවේ නවදිල්ලි නුවරට ළගා වුණා. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ඇතුළු දූත පිරිස පස්වරු 1.55 ට පමණ ශ්‍රී ලන්කන් ගුවන් සේවයට අයත් යූ එල් 195 දරණ ගුවන් යානයෙන් දිවයිනෙන් පිටත්ව ගියා.

Minister of Healthcare - Pavithra Wanniarachchi has said that the present government will not impose any trade restrictions between Sri Lanka and China.

The European Union’s (EU) GSP + facility regained by Sri Lanka in 2017 providing market free access for local exporters to European countries will remain till 2023 but this continuation process will not be automatic.

The World Bank reaffirmed its continued support to Sri Lanka’s growth and development for the benefit of its entire people.

After five months of hearings, investigations and cascading revelations about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, a divided United States Senate acquitted him on Wednesday of charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress to aid his own re-election, bringing an acrimonious impeachment trial to its expected end.

The United States says it supports Sri Lanka’s vibrant democracy and its sovereignty.