International Affairs

General Oleg Salyukov, Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces of the Russian Federation, a combat veteran with 45 years in service and decorated with orders and 9 medals is in Sri Lanka on a five-day long goodwill tour at the invitation of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, acting Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army.

This visit is a key step in further uplifting relations, being the first by a Luxembourg foreign minister to Sri Lanka. Furthermore, the two countries have elevated bilateral relations with the accrediting of the Luxembourg Ambassador in New Delhi to Sri Lanka from this month onwards. Prime Minister Rajapaksa stressed that one of the key priorities for Sri Lanka now is to bring investors into the country, with the new Government providing many incentives to facilitate those interested.

Prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has appreciated the support given by the Chinese government to Sri Lankans, particularly the large number of Sri Lankan students studying in China, during the present period of difficulty and in facilitating return travel to Sri Lanka for those wishing to do so.

ඇතැම් කුලී රථ රියදුරන්, හෝටල් සහ ආපනශාලා චීන ජාතිකයන්ට සේවා සැපයීම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීම කනස්සල්ලට හේතුවක් යැයි ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ චීන තානාපති චෙන්ග් ෂියුවෑන් මහතා නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් සඳහන් කර තිබේ.

Pakistan has offers to share intelligence with Sri Lanka to combat drug trafficking, terrorism and extremist activities.

මෙරට ප්‍රංශ තානාපති එරික් ලැවර්ටු මහතා ඇතුඵ දුත පිරිසක් ඊයේ (28) අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවුහ.

කොටි සංවිධානය විසින් පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් 600 දෙනකු සමූල ඝාතනය කිරීමේ සිද්ධිය යුද අපරාධයක් ලෙසට දක්වමින් මුල් වරට 43 වැනි ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් සමුළුව වෙත පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කෙරේ.

තෙදින නිල සංචාරයක් සදහා ආග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ලබන මස ඉන්දියාව බලා පිටත්ව යාමට නියමිතව තිබේ.

European Union election observers yesterday submitted their final report on the 16 November Presidential elections to the Election Commission in Sri Lanka.

Shri Gopal Baglay (IFS:1992) has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday for bilateral discussions with Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

Sri Lanka Government is compelled to sign with the US to abide the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) allegedly grants US military personnel, US military contractors and US military suppliers the same perks and privileges granted to technical and administrative officers of the US Embassy.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට අවශ්‍ය හුදෙක් මූල්‍යාධාර නොව, අධ්‍යාපන, තාක්ෂණ, කෘෂිකර්ම හා කර්මාන්ත ක්ෂේත්‍රයන්හි ආයෝජන බව ජනපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි.

A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in talks with Sri Lanka on the way forward, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said today.

Canada and Sri Lanka have had talks on reconciliation in the country, the Foreign Ministry said today.

EU GSP+ concession regime will continue to be applicable for Sri Lanka’s exports to the UK following Brexit until the end of the transition period, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

The U.S. Ambassador Alaina Teplitz paid a courtesy visit on Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today at the Speaker’s official residence.

The State of Qatar offers to help Sri Lanka to establish a reliable network for clean energy production. It will bring in a consortium of top notch companies in energy sector for the purpose.