GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY TO THE US GOVERNMENT ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11
Today, 11 September 2021, marks 20 years since the terrorist attacks perpetrated on the United States of America (USA) causing loss of life and limb to many innocent people from the USA as well as [...]
FOREIGN MINISTER PROF. G.L. PEIRIS CALLS FOR ENHANCED ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH IRAN
Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris has sought greater economic cooperation with Iran, including enhanced bilateral trade, investment and the possibilities of cooperation in new sectors, such as tourism and energy. The Minister made this request [...]
AMBASSADOR OF VIET NAM IN COLOMBO HO THI THANH TRUC CALLS ON FOREIGN MINISTER PROF. G.L. PEIRIS
The Ambassador of Viet Nam in Colombo Ho Thi Thanh Truc paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris at the Foreign Ministry on 08 September 2021. While recalling that the 50th [...]
STATEMENT ON THE ISSUE OF TRACING THE ORIGINS OF COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruptions to the health, safety, and livelihoods of people around the world. Therefore, multilateralism and international cooperation provide the best possible means to effectively and sustainably defeat the pandemic. [...]
STATEMENT BY HON. FOREIGN MINISTER OF SRI LANKA AT THE 48TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, 14 SEPTEMBER 2021, GENEVA
Human Rights Council 48th Regular Session Agenda Item 2: Oral update on Sri Lanka by the High Commissioner for Human Rights Statement by Hon. Prof. G.L. Peiris Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka (Geneva, 14 September 2021) Madam President, Let me [...]
STATEMENT BY FOREIGN MINISTER PROF. G.L. PEIRIS AT THE MINISTERIAL SESSIONS ON ‘FOREIGN POLICY AND RELIGION’ AT THE G20 INTERFAITH FORUM, BOLOGNA, ITALY
Mr. Chairman, distinguished panelists, ladies, and gentlemen. Both the Maltese Minister and the Rector in their remarks spoke of the interface between religion and foreign policy. There is clearly an interface. The Rector, in her [...]
FOREIGN MINISTER APPRECIATES MULTIFACETED PARTNERSHIP WITH ITALY
The Ambassador of Italy to Sri Lanka Rita Giuliana Manella paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris on Thursday 2 September at the Foreign Ministry. The Ambassador extended her warm felicitations to Minister [...]
FOREIGN MINISTER PEIRIS MEETS UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR HANAA SINGER- HAMDY
Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris received the United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) Hanaa Singer – Hamdy, on a courtesy call at the Foreign Ministry in Colombo on 2 September. Minister Peiris thanked the UNRC for [...]
LIBYAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS SRI LANKA TO MONITOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS LATER THIS YEAR
Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris met the Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassy of the State of Libya in Sri Lanka Amar A.M. Muftah, on Wednesday, 01 September 2021 at the Foreign Ministry and [...]
LTTE PROSCRIPTION IN THE UK
The Government of Sri Lanka has been made aware that the UK Home Secretary has decided to maintain the proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization under the UK [...]
THAILAND DONATES COVID-19 RELATED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO SRI LANKA
Foreign Secretary Jayanath Colombage accepted a donation of medical equipment today (01/09) from Chargè d’ affaires of the Royal Thai Embassy in Colombo Tayatat Kanjanapipatkul at a symbolic ceremony at the Foreign Ministry. The donation [...]
APOSTOLIC NUNCIO DISCUSSES EASTER SUNDAY BOMBING INVESTIGATION IN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
Archbishop Brian Udaigwe, Apostolic Nuncio (the Vatican Ambassador) to Sri Lanka paid a courtesy call on the Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris on Tuesday 31 August at the Foreign Ministry. During the meeting, the [...]