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Destination Promotion in Shanghai

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SriLankan Airlines organized “SRI LANKA: Land of smiling faces & Cultural Infusion”, together with the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Shanghai at the Radission Blue New Hotel, a prestigious 5-star hotel in the city centre, on 13^th August 2012.

The event was to promote the destination among Shanghai-based travel agents and was attended by over 100 travel agencies. Most of them already work with SriLankan Airlines using the Airline for tours to Maldives and Thailand, but not necessarily to Sri Lanka. Therefore, the event was focused on highlighting what is special about Sri Lanka.

IFTAR Celebrated at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations

The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations hosted an IFTAR reception for the Sri Lankan Muslim Community in New York, this Wednesday. This was the second year in succession that the Mission has celebrated I ...

Thomas Kriwat new Honorary Consul in the Free Hanse City of Bremen

Mr. Thomas Kriwat, Lawyer and Managing Director of Reederei Eugen Friederich, Bremen, as well as Managing Director of Mercantile Shipping Company plc, Colombo, has been appointed new Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in Breme ...

Ambassador Sarrath Kongahage briefs State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany Dr. Harald Braun

H.E. Sarrath Kongahage met with Dr. Harald Braun, State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, at the Federal Foreign Office on 2nd August 2012. During the meeting, the Ambassador com ...

Sri Lanka Embassy in Bangkok celebrates Thai-Sri Lankan Cultural Festival

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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

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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

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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.