Due to situation of wide strikes / Bandh in Nepal there have been some disruptions to transport and other services in a number of areas. All previously stranded Sri Lankan nationals in Lumbini, due to road closures, have been repatriated back.
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Dep. Foreign Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva to focus on Economic Diplomacy
Hon. Dr. Harsha de Silva assumed duties as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Foreign Ministry today, Friday 11th September 2015.
Statement on the Death of 45 UAE Soldiers in Yemen
It is with profound grief and sorrow that we learnt about the death of forty-five soldiers from Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates in Yemen while contributing to restore security and stability of the country.
Visit of UAE Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nayhan to Sri Lanka
The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nayhan, visited Sri Lanka on the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka.
During bilateral consultations the Foreign Ministers explored ways of strengthening trade and investment ties, improving the welfare of Sri Lankan workers in the UAE, and collaborating on issues of regional and international concern. Read More
Remarks by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Diplomatic Corps based in Colombo, 28 August 2015
Your Excellencies,
It is my pleasure, this evening, to welcome all of you today to the Republic building, having been sworn in early this week as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the moment Sri Lanka has the dubious honour of having the smallest Cabinet in the world, having had the largest in the world last year. At the moment we have a Cabinet of five, but the Government will be in place by Wednesday.
Appointment of Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to Myanmar
The Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has, with the concurrence of the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar decided to appoint Mr. K.W.N.D. Karunaratne as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in succession to His Excellency H.R. Piyasiri.
Remarks to the media by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and US Asst. Secretaries of State Nisha Biswal and Tom Malinowski
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