International Affairs

The International Monetary Fund yesterday downgraded global growth in 2019 to 3%, the lowest in a decade, although it sounded cautiously optimistic about a pickup in 2020.

Italian government expressed willingness to provide technical assistance and it is ready to make investments to generate electricity using solid waste in Sri Lanka which is a growing issue in the country.

Part of the media delegation from Sri Lanka to Chongqing attending a pre-seminar prior to departure at the Confucius Centre of the University of Kelaniya.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka meets with Lebanese Labour Minister Camille Abousleiman

The Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the first cable car project in Sri Lanka to be built in Nuwara Eliya, the Ministry of Plantation Industries said today.

Ambassador Dr. Mendis addressing the large gathering as Chief Guest at the Maha Council for Supporting Migrants of Jogye Order at Dongguk University in Seoul

The Asia Pacific Group of Ambassadors representing Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka had a three-day visit to Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Regional State of Ethiopia, on an invitation extended by Regional Government President from 4 October.

ජනාධිපතිවරණ නිරීක්ෂණය සඳහා විදේශීය නිරීක්ෂණ කණ්ඩායම් කිහිපයක් දිවයිනට පැමිණ ඇත.

SLMC Leader and Minister of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education Rauff Hakeem met Maldivian Parliament (People’s Majlis) Speaker and former President Mohammed Nasheed, on the sidelines of attending SAARC

Ambassador designate of Sri Lanka to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Shanika Dissanayake assumed duties at the Sri Lanka Embassy in Jordan on 6 October.

SriLankan Airlines today cancelled its flights from Colombo to Narita (flight UL460) and flight UL461 from Narita-Malé to Colombo due to Typhoon Hagibis.

The Sri Lankan Embassy of Sri Lanka in Oslo together with LOT Polish Airlines celebrated the commencement of LOT’s direct flight from Warsaw to Colombo.

Sri Lanka is being represented by a low-key team at the 2019 World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings beginning this week in Washington D.C.

Sri Lanka has assured the UN High Representative on Disarmament Izumi Nakamitsu Sri Lanka’s practical support in New York, Geneva and Vienna in furthering the global Disarmament Agenda.

On 9 October, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, accompanied by Sanja Jayatilleka, attended the All-Russian Youth Forum ‘Future,’ organised at the initiative of Sergey B. Ivanov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on the Issues of Environmental Activities, Environment and Transport, who previously served as the Russian Minister of Defence, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration. Dr. Jayatilleka delivered a speech at one of the Forum’s sections, entitled ‘Role of Youth in Politics and Russia’s International Affairs’ and moderated by International Human Rights Committee Vice President Alexander Ionov.

The World Bank yesterday revealed that Sri Lanka’s economy was forecast to grow by 2.7% in 2019, the slowest within South Asia, and above 3% over the next two years.

The Indian Government says it continues to stand with Sri Lanka.

The United States is assisting more than 15,000 Sri Lankan farmers through a project which focuses on increasing the dairy sector’s commercial sustainability, quality and safety, the US Embassy in Colombo said today.