The Sri Lanka Navy is making a contribution of distinct value in preserving peace and tranquility in the seas around the ASEAN area, External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris said in Colombo on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka Embassy in Bangkok celebrates Thai-Sri Lankan Cultural Festival
A three day Thai-Sri Lankan Cultural Festival was celebrated from 2nd to 4th August 2012 in Ayutthaya, Thailand. The Governor of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province in Thailand had in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Embassy in Bangkok organized the event.
Sri Lanka says Conference on Disarmament should not be subjected to the vagaries of changing international strategic landscape
Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, addressing the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on Tuesday (31 July 2012), has expressed Sri Lanka's "profound disappointment that the Conference has not been enabled to undertake substantive work on its agenda". He said, "it is time to avoid the temptation of subjecting the work of this Conference to the vagaries of changing international strategic landscape, and instead, to harness its potential to contribute towards enhancing cooperative security". Emphasizing the importance of the CD "as the sole multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community", Ambassador Aryasinha said, "in order to continue to preserve the unique role of the Body, it is vital that all of us, the Member States, allow the Conference to begin its substantive work on the basis of a balanced and focussed Programme of Work, that takes into account security concerns of all its Members in an equitable manner, thereby ensuring its acceptance by consensus".
Conference in Tokyo Promote Sri Lanka Economic and Business Opportunities
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Japan and the Association of Sri Lankan Academics in Japan, in cooperation with Sri Lanka Students’ Association, Sri Lanka Business Council and Professionals’ Association in Japan, organized an International Conference titled “Emerging Sri Lanka: Prospects for Development & Reconciliation” at the premises of the Embassy. Approximately 80 guests and participants attended the conference including Sri Lankan experts and academics from Japan and from other South Asian countries.
Sri Lanka to promote trade in Africa: Visit of Sri Lankan Business Delegation to South Africa
The visit of Sri Lankan Business delegation to South Africa is a joint initiative of the Sri Lanka High Commission in Pretoria and the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) for participation of Sri Lankan exporters at ...
Sri Lanka’s first Honorary Consul in Botswana
Hon. Minister of External Affairs Professor G.L Peiris has approved the appointment by the Sri Lankan High Commission in South Africa of Mr Chulpathmendra Dahanayake as Sri Lanka’s first Honorary Consul in Botswana.
Ambassador Aryasinha presents credentials in Geneva
Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha presented credentials accrediting him as Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva to Ambassador Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva on 19 July 2012.
Welcoming Ambassador Aryasinha, Director General Tokayey said Sri Lanka has a long standing relationship with the UN, and had over the years played an important role engaging with the UN’s many institutions and mechanisms. He said with more than 22 international organisations and specialised agencies and over 250 NGOs which work with the UN in Geneva, the post is challenging and has a broad mandate.
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