PAKISTAN’S ANTI-TERRORISM COURT SENTENCES SIX OF THE ACCUSED TO DEATH FOR THE MURDER OF SRI LANKAN FACTORY MANAGER PRIYANTHA KUMARA DIYAWADANAGE
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the verdict by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Gujranwala, Pakistan on 18 April, 2022 sentencing six accused to death in the killing of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadanage who worked as a [...]
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROF. PEIRIS BRIEFS DONOR NATIONS
At a briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 12 April 2022, Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor G. L. Peiris, Minister of Finance, M. U. M. Ali Sabry PC and the Governor of the [...]
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROF. PEIRIS BRIEFS NAM ENVOYS
Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor G.L. Peiris met with High Commissioners and Ambassadors of countries in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 7 April, 2022. The Foreign Minister briefed the [...]
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROF. PEIRIS BRIEFS COLOMBO BASED DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON THE PREVAILING SITUATION IN SRI LANKA
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris briefed the Diplomatic corps on 6 April, 2022 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his address, Minister Prof. Peiris stated that the Government of Sri [...]
SRI LANKA AND THE NETHERLANDS HOLD INAUGURAL BILATERAL POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS
The inaugural session of the bilateral political consultations between Sri Lanka and the Netherlands at Foreign Ministry level was convened on Tuesday 05 April, 2022 on a virtual platform. The consultations coincided with a year-long programme [...]
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NOTES THAT ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE REVISION OF THE U.S. TRAVEL ADVISORY
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that attention has been focused on the revision of the U.S. Travel Advisory on Sri Lanka as at 6 April 2022. The Ministry recalls that since June 2021, with [...]
KOREA DOUBLES ITS EMPLOYMENT QUOTA FOR SRI LANKAN MIGRANT WORKERS AND INCREASES OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AMOUNT TO SRI LANKA- MINISTER FOR GOVERNMENT POLICY COORDINATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, KOO YUN-CHEOL
Minister for Government Policy Coordination of the Republic of Korea, Koo Yun-cheol, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka, called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris on 01 April, 2022. The [...]
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF SRI LANKA AND NEPAL RENEW COMMITMENT TO FURTHER EXPAND BILATERAL RELATIONS INTO NEW AREAS OF COOPERATION
Foreign Minister of Nepal Dr. Narayan Khadaka paid a courtesy call on Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka on 30 March 2022, on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Colombo. [...]