𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑰𝑮𝑵 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑯 𝑮𝑼𝑵𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑨 𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑨-𝑷𝑨𝑪𝑰𝑭𝑰𝑪 𝑯𝑰𝑮𝑯 𝑳𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑳 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑭𝑬𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑩𝑬𝑳𝑻 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑶𝑨𝑫 𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵
Addressing the Asia-Pacific High Level Conference on Belt and Road Cooperation virtually on 23 June, 2021, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunwardena stressed the importance of enhanced cooperation among states and other partners in addressing the COVID-19 challenges, [...]
𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑬 – 𝑬𝑿𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑽𝑬𝑳 𝑩𝑨𝑵 𝑻𝑶 𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑰𝑻𝑨𝑳𝒀 𝑭𝑹𝑶𝑴 𝑺𝑹𝑰 𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑨
The existing travel ban on travelers to enter Italy from Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh has been extended 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 by the Italian health authority. Accordingly, travelers those who have transited/stayed in those [...]
𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑰𝑨 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑺𝑹𝑰 𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑨 𝑨𝑮𝑹𝑬𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝑪𝑶-𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑴𝑶𝑵 𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑹𝑬𝑮𝑰𝑶𝑵
India and Sri Lanka agree to co-operate on common issues in the region Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, in a telephone conversation held yesterday (21 June) with the Indian External Affairs Minister said that the steps [...]
𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑹𝒀 𝑶𝑭 𝑹𝑬𝑮𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳 𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑭𝑨𝑪𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑺 𝑪𝑶𝑳𝑳𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑶𝑵 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑷𝑯𝑬𝑵𝑬 𝑨𝑷𝑷𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝑹𝑼𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑨𝑵 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑨𝑵𝒀
The State Ministry of Regional Cooperation, recognizing the potential of Sri Lanka’s natural resources to contribute to the country’s economy, has been facilitating to explore means by which the country could sustainably harness minerals [...]
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 [...]
𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑰𝑮𝑵 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑹𝒀 𝑯𝑶𝑺𝑻𝑺 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑲𝑬𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑫𝑬𝑹 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑶 𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑭 𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑰𝑮𝑵 𝑬𝑿𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑻𝑺 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑴𝑽-𝑿 𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑳 𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹
The European Union (EU)/ECHO (the emergency arm of EU funding) through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) supports three (03) technical experts to assist the Sri Lankan Government assessing the impact on the environment caused [...]
𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑬𝑵𝑺𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵, 𝑺𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑹𝒀 𝑫𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑶𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹 𝑹𝑬𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑳𝒀 𝑴𝑬𝑴𝑩𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑫𝑬𝑪𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬𝑫 𝑺𝑹𝑰 𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑨𝑵 𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑻 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑲𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑬𝑨𝑺
The Consular Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry organized a ceremony to handover letters of compensation of the deceased Sri Lankan workers abroad to their respective family members at the Ministry Premises in [...]
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑲𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑵 𝑨𝑴𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑹 𝑻𝑶 𝑺𝑹𝑰 𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑨 𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑬𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑻𝑶 𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑽𝑬 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑲 𝑰𝑵 𝑲𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑨 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑩𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑽𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑫 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑹𝑻𝑳𝒀
The Korean Ambassador to Sri Lanka Woonjin Jeong assured the Foreign Minister that the facilities required for the Sri Lankan youth who are eligible for employment in Korea to travel to Korea will [...]
𝑺𝑹𝑰 𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑨’𝑺 𝑶𝑩𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑽𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑫 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑬𝑼 𝑷𝑨𝑹𝑳𝑰𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻
The Foreign Ministry regrets the adoption of a resolution on Sri Lanka in the European Parliament on 10 June 2021. The resolution entitled “The Situation in Sri Lanka, in particular the arrests under [...]
𝑉𝐸𝑆𝐴𝐾 𝐶𝐸𝐿𝐸𝐵𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁𝑆 𝐴𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑀𝐵𝐴𝑆𝑆𝑌 𝑂𝐹 𝑆𝑅𝐼 𝐿𝐴𝑁𝐾𝐴 𝐼𝑁 𝑅𝑂𝑀𝐸
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Rome, Italy celebrated Vesak Day at the Chancery premises on 26th of May 2021 with religious observances and a special Vesak Dharmadesana. Sri Lankan community members and the staff [...]
𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑰𝒀𝑨 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑺 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑵 𝑰𝑵𝑽𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝑺 𝑻𝑶 𝑱𝑶𝑰𝑵 𝑺𝑹𝑰 𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑨 𝑰𝑵 𝑷𝑼𝑹𝑺𝑼𝑰𝑻 𝑶𝑭 ‘𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑬𝑫 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑻𝒀’
State Minister for Regional Cooperation Tharaka Balasuriya invited Indian Investors to join in Sri Lanka to achieve ‘shared prosperity’ for both nations by taking the opportunity to Invest in Sri Lanka. The Minister made these [...]