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Ministry News
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 ...
Telephone conversation between the President and Kenyan President
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta engaged in a cordial telephone conversation on 3 September. Telephone conversation between the President and Kenyan President. ................. ...
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 t ...
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 discussed matters of mutua ...
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 Terrorism Act No ...
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 Min ...