International Affairs

The UN under Secretary General (USG) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, stated that only 25% of the troops from Sri Lanka presently engaged in peacekeeping operations will be replaced, when they complete their term in Lebanon.

The UN peacekeeping department has decided to ban the deployment of non-essential Sri Lankan Army troops in UN peacekeeping missions citing the appointment of the new army commander who is alleged to have committed war crimes, a UN spokesperson has told the Foreign Policy News.

Sri Lankan authorities have assured International Monetary Fund (IMF) that they are taking steps to complete all the pending actions and structural benchmarks for the sixth review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) over the next few weeks.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ ඇමෙරිකානු සෙබලුන් හත්සියයකට ආසන්න පිරිසක් මේ වන විට රැඳී සිටින බව අනාවරණයය වී ඇත.

The reform process undertaken by the government of Sri Lanka to restructure the national anti-corruption strategy has been brought to the attention of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at Vienna, September this year.

India is to supply more locomotives and wagons to Sri Lanka soon, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said today.

Sri Lanka reaffirmed its commitment to efforts by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to address current global challenges.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Austria Saroja Sirisena presented Letters of Credence to United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Director General Li Yong on 17 September, at the Vienna International Centre, accrediting her as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to UNIDO.

The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Sarah Hulton had talks with Leader of the Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka will now be able to detect and dispose of bombs with the help of high tech bomb detecting equipment, including bomb detecting robots.

The newly appointed High Commissioner J.C. Weliamuna presented Letters of Credence on 20 September 2019 to the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, General David Hurly. The ceremony held at Government House was attended by Deputy Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Penny Williams, representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Women, Australia.

Sri Lanka today condemned the drone attacks targeting the Abqaiq oil processing facility and Khurais oil field in Saudi Arabia.

Cabinet approval has been granted to award the procurement contract for the supply of an additional crane for ship to shore operations for the Port Authority to China M/s Shanhai Zhenhua Heavy Industries.

One of world’s most dynamic SME and MSME collectives has come forward to support Sri Lankan MSMEs to fulfil its long cherished dream of going global.

US President Donald Trump today recalled the deadly bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday as he spoke at a UN event on religious freedom.

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) said yesterday that the UN Peacekeeping Department (UNPD) has not yet informed them about their decision to ban the deployment of SLA troops in UN Peacekeeping missions in the future.

The US Government is helping make Arugam Bay a sustainable, green tourist destination.

Swiss Singapore Overseas (Pte) Ltd, a commodity trader, has won a deal to supply 300,000 metric tonnes of coal to Sri Lanka.