Statement by Hon. Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka at the 48th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, 14 September 2021, Geneva

German Ambassador Holger Seubert pays courtesy call on Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris

Foreign Minister highlights priorities for enhancing Sri Lanka – Korea relations in meeting with the Korean Ambassador

Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka Akira Sugiyama called on the New Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris

Foreign Minister highlights Sri Lanka’s wide-ranging cooperation with Russia in meeting with the Russian Ambassador

Ambassador of Pakistan to Sri Lanka Major General Muhammad Saad Khattak called on the new Foreign Minister Prof. G.L.Peiris

US Ambassador calls on the Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister appreciates the steadfast assistance by China

High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay calls on Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris

Foreign Minister Prof. G.L Peiris assumes duties

47th Consultative Committee Meeting of The Colombo Plan Inaugural address by the Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka

Joint stamp launches in Sri Lanka and Singapore to commemorate 50 years of diplomatic ties

Visit of Chinese delegation led by key Political Bureau Member of the Communist Party and Diplomat Yang Jiechi on 09 October 2020.

The Chinese Foreign Minister & State Councilor Wang Yi met with the Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry on 14 January 2020

Visit of Chinese delegation led by key Political Bureau Member of the Communist Party and Diplomat Yang Jiechi on 09 October 2020.

The Chinese Foreign Minister & State Councilor Wang Yi met with the Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry on 14 January 2020

The Virtual Bilateral Summit between Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was held on 26 September 2020

The Chinese Foreign Minister & State Councilor Wang Yi met with the Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry on 14 January 2020

The relations between Sri Lanka and Viet Nam rekindled at the Webinar organised to mark the 50th Anniversary of establishment of formal diplomatic relations 23 September 2020

President of Sri Lanka

H.E Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as the 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka in Anuradhapura on 18 November 2019

Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the 13th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 09 August 2020

The Chinese Foreign Minister & State Councilor Wang Yi met with the Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry on 14 January 2020

Hon. Tharaka Balasuriya sworn in as the Regional Cooperation State Minister on 12th August 2020

The Chinese Foreign Minister & State Councilor Wang Yi met with the Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry on 14 January 2020

State Minister of Regional Co-operation Tharaka Balasuriya assumed duties at the Foreign Ministry on 19 August.

President Rajapaksa’s visit is a new approach to the historical relations between the two countries – Indian President Ram Nath Kovind

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on 29 November 2019.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on 08 February 2020.

The Chinese Foreign Minister & State Councilor Wang Yi met with the Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry on 14 January 2020

Additional Secretary (Economic Affairs) P.M. Amza chairing the BIMSTEC 3rd Permanent Working Committee Meeting (BPWC) - 1 & 2 March 2020

ඵෙතිහාසික ජනරජ ගොඩනැඟිල්ල 1948 වසරේ සිට විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශයේ නිවහනයි.

The historic Republic Building has housed the Foreign Ministry since 1948

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September 21, 2021
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September 21, 2021

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September 22, 2021
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September 21, 2021

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