𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑰𝑮𝑵 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑯 𝑮𝑼𝑵𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑨 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑼.𝑲. 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑺𝑶𝑼𝑻𝑯 𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑨, 𝑳𝑶𝑹𝑫 𝑨𝑯𝑴𝑨𝑫 𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑼𝑺𝑺 𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑷𝑺 𝑻𝑶 𝑬𝑵𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑳 𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and the UK Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Lord Tariq Ahmad have agreed to explore avenues to boost bilateral ties, during a video call yesterday, Thursday, 17 June 2021. They welcomed the multifaceted nature of the bilateral engagement between Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom in a wide range of areas of mutually beneficial cooperation.

Minister Gunawardena and Lord Ahmad discussed the existing cooperation between Sri Lanka and the U.K. in trade and investment, climate change and sustainable development, scientific and technical cooperation, and COVID-19 mitigation.

Sri Lanka’s progress in reconciliation and economic development, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26), and cooperation in the Commonwealth, were among other issues taken up for discussion during the call.

Foreign Ministry

Colombo

18 June 2021