Ministry News

At the invitation of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Maithripala Sirisena will undertake a State visit to Japan from 12 to 17 March 2018. President Sirisena is scheduled to have an Imperial Audience wit ...

On 1 March 2018, Sri Lanka deposited the Instrument of Accession to the Cluster Munitions Convention (Oslo Convention). The Convention is a humanitarian imperative-driven legal instrument which prohibits all use, product ...

At the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka, the Special Envoy of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention, Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan will undertake an official visit from 5 – 7 March 2018. The visi ...

The Fourth Meeting of the Sri Lanka-Thailand Bilateral Political Consultations was held on 27 – 28 February 2018 in Colombo at senior official level. The Sri Lanka delegation was led by Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam, Secretary ...

Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia Pacific of Global Affairs Canada, Donald Bobiash, met Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana and Foreign Secretary Prasad Kariyawasam on 26 February 2018. Discussions included exploring ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs joins the United Nations Country Team in Sri Lanka in honouring the life and work of Ms. Una McCauley, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka. Her wisdom, en ...

MEDIA RELEASE The reports being circulated in the media attributed to the Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the UK, Mrs. Amari Wijewardene, has resigned, are in ...