Minister of Foreign Affairs if Pakistan Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi called on Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry on 24 February 2021

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar held a Joint Press Briefing on 06 February 2021 at the Foreign Ministry, Colombo.

The 4th NSA – Level Trilateral Meeting on Maritime Cooperation was held on 28 November 2020 in Colombo

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo held bilateral discussions in Colombo on 28 October 2020

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo held bilateral discussions in Colombo on 28 October 2020

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo held bilateral discussions in Colombo on 28 October 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

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

Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as the Foreign Minister on 12th August 2020

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena assumed duties at the Foreign Ministry on Monday 17 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.

External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar receives Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at Hyderabad House in New Delhi for bilateral talks on 09 January 2020

Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Colombo on 14 January 2020.

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

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the US Congressional delegation at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Colombo on 17 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

43rd Session of the Human Rights Council – High Level Segment Statement by Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka - 26 February 2020

Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena briefed the Diplomatic Community on the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic in Sri Lanka, at the Ministry of Foreign Relations on 06 March 2020.

The 19th Council of Ministers' Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) was held in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on 07 November 2019.

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 Multilateral Affairs Ahmed A. Jawad presented the Report on the status of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals to Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena – 23 July 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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