Sri Lanka’s 6th Periodic Review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) will be held on 8 and 9 March 2023 in Geneva. It is recalled that Sri Lanka acceded to the ICCPR on 11 June 1980. Cu ...
Ministry News
Foreign Ministry Business Forum to accelerate the Sri Lanka-Africa Partnership
As part of the Ministry’s Economic Diplomacy initiative, a Business Forum to expand and intensify Sri Lanka’s presence in the African continent was held at the Foreign Ministry this afternoon under the patronage of For ...
Foreign Ministry Workshop on Cyber Security and the Cyber Domain
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs organised a workshop on cyber security for staff officers serving in the Ministry as well as diplomatic officers serving in the Sri Lanka Missions overseas. This workshop is the second ...
Sri Lanka and the UAE hold First Session of Bilateral Joint Committee for Consular Affairs in Colombo
The First Session of the Joint Committee for Consular Affairs (JCCA) between Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates was held in Colombo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on 22 February 2023 with the participation of ...
Special Notice
Death of Mrs. Jayasooriyage Priyanthika Nilakanthi in Lebanon The Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeks assistance of the general public to find out a close relative or a person known to the following Sri Lankans who died A ...
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry to visit India
Foreign Affairs Minister M.U.M. Ali Sabry is scheduled to make an official visit to India from 02-04 March 2023 to attend the eighth edition of the Raisina Dialogue, India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geo-econ ...
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry meets Dr. Peter Ramsauer, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Parliament
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry met Dr. Peter Ramsauer, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Parliament in charge of bilateral relations with Sri Lanka at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during his visit to ...