Sri Lankans who have sought to benefit from the Amnesty declared by the Kuwaiti Government for Sri Lankans who are out of status, will commence repatriation tomorrow. Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena who had a teleph ...
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Foreign Secretary appeals to Overseas Sri Lankans to rethink plans to be repatriated unless in compelling circumstances
Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has called on migrant workers as well as students and parents, to carefully calibrate the effect repatriation at this time could have on their jobs and education, before making decis ...
Over 38,000 Sri Lankans in 143 countries seek to return home
Over 38,983 Overseas Sri Lankans (OSLs) in 143 countries at present seek to return home, based on information gathered mainly through the ‘Contact Sri Lanka’ Web Portal of the Ministry of Foreign Relations. This compri ...
Sri Lanka demands retraction of London Guardian Travel Quiz with reference to “Eelam”
The attention of the Ministry is drawn to a quiz titled “Travel quiz: do you know your islands, Man Friday?” published on the web edition of The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom on Friday, 15 May 2020. The secon ...
Foreign Ministry and Foreign Missions contribute to COVID-19 Fund
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Appointment of High Commissioner of the Republic of India
The Government of the Republic of India with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka has appointed Mr. Gopal Baglay as the High Commissioner of the Republic of India to Sri Lanka in Succession of H.E. Taranjit Sin ...
Appointment of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka has appointed Mr. Hashem Ashjazadeh as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran t ...