Ministry News – Page 213 – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism

Thirteen new Heads of Mission approved by High Posts Committee – Career HOM ratio rises from 37% to 54% within this year

The Committee on High Posts of the Parliament of Sri Lanka to Examine the Suitability of Persons Nominated/Appointed to the State Services and State Corporations (High Posts Committee) has approved the appointments of th ...

Sri Lanka-Cambodia Joint Statement

At the invitation of His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath NORODOM SIHAMONI, King of Cambodia, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka paid a state vis ...

Foreign Secretary Aryasinha calls for early inclusion of Sri Lanka as an ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha on Thursday (8 August 2019) called for an early decision by ASEAN to include Sri Lanka as an ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner, in order to strengthen engagement with ASEAN and its m ...

Condolence Message from Hon. Tilak Marapana Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka to Hon. (Dr.) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India on the demise of the former External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj

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Foreign Ministry to conduct Integrated Consular Mobile Services in Anuradhapura and Puttalam Districts

The Ministry of foreign Affairs will be conducting Integrated Consular Mobile Services in Anuradhapura and Puttalam Districts on 17 and 19 August 2019 respectively. This mobile consular service will be conducted by the M ...

Sri Lanka hosts the first meeting of the IORA Maritime Safety and Security Working Group on 8th and 9th August 2019

Sri Lanka is hosting the First Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Maritime Safety and Security Working Group (MSSWG), in Colombo on 8th and 9th August. This Meeting will finalize the Work Plan for ...

Foreign Minister Marapana calls for increased cooperation to combat regional security challenges at the 26th ASEAN Regional Forum

Addressing the 26th session of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) held on 02 August 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand, Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana stressed the necessity for concerted global efforts to counter traditional and n ...