International Affairs

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.

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.

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

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.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ 72 වැන ජාතික නිදහස් සැමරුම වෙනුවෙන් චීන ජනපති ෂී ජින්පිං මහතා ජනපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා වෙත සුබ පැතුම් පණිවිඩයක් යොමුකර තිබේ.

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.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will send a letter of solidarity to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week outlining Sri Lanka's firm support to China as it battles to contain coronavirus and will also discuss sending aid into the country, particularly for the people of Wuhan, informed government sources told Daily Mirror yesterday.

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.

Implementation agenda of $ 400 m line of credit to be finalised during Prime Minister’s visit to India
First State visit by PM since his appointment starts on Friday
$ 400 m line of credit for infrastructure offered by Modi during President’s visit in Nov. while $ 50 m for security
Talks on trade, defence and tourism with top Indian officials during visit
Delegations expected to discuss key areas under defence and maritime security
MR to also visit Varanasi, Sarnath, Bodhgaya and Tirupati

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.

Concerns have been raised over the appointment of the new Sri Lankan envoy to Switzerland.

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.