FOREIGN MINISTER PEIRIS TO ATTEND COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING IN KIGALI, RWANDA
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris will represent President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which will take place in Kigali, Rwanda from 21 to 25 June 2022. The [...]
JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY CLARE O’NEIL MP, AUSTRALIA’S MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND PROF G. L. PEIRIS, SRI LANKA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON 20 JUNE 2022
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Prof. G. L. Peiris held a meeting with Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs, Clare O’Neil MP during her visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 19 to 21 June 2022. [...]
FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretary General of the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Permanent Representatives of China, the European Union, [...]
SRI LANKA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONS WITH JAPAN
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris met the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the UK and the Ambassadors/ Permanent Representatives of the United States, [...]
FOREIGN MINISTER PEIRIS BRIEFS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON SRI LANKAN ISSUES
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris, held meetings with the President of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Coordinator of the Non-Aligned Movement (Geneva Chapter) and the Permanent Representative of Brazil in Geneva on [...]
STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SRI LANKA AT THE 50TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN GENEVA ON 13 JUNE 2022
Mr. President, Sri Lanka has regularly shared our progress and challenges in an open exchange with this Council and other organs of the United Nations. It is in this spirit of transparency, candour and openness [...]
FOREIGN MINISTER TO ADDRESS THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON MONDAY 13 JUNE, 2022
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris who leads the Sri Lanka delegation to the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) is scheduled to deliver a statement to the Council on Monday, 13 [...]
FOREIGN MINISTER OF SRI LANKA MEETS SINGAPORE’S SENIOR MINISTER AND COORDINATING MINISTER FOR SOCIAL POLICIES
oreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris met with the Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam. The meeting took place at the Ministry of Finance of Singapore on 9 June 2022. Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Shanmugaratnam has [...]
AMBASSADOR OF QATAR CALLS ON THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Ambassador for the State of Qatar, Jassim bin Jaber. J.B. Al- Sorour called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 6 June, 2022. During the meeting, Foreign [...]
FOREIGN MINISTER PEIRIS TO VISIT SINGAPORE FOR BILATERAL VISIT AND TAKE PART IN ASIA SECURITY SUMMIT
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris will travel to Singapore for a bilateral visit from 8-9 June 2022, on the invitation of his counterpart, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan. During his [...]
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRS A WEBINAR ON CURRENT CHALLENGES TO THE ECONOMY AND SEEKING REMEDIES THROUGH ALL MISSIONS ABROAD
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris, Governor of the Central Bank Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe and the Secretary, Foreign Affairs Aruni Wijewardane as well as heads of all overseas missions participated in a webinar, [...]