The Appeal against the verdict of the Sri Lankan domestic worker arrested on the charges of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning by the Al Dwadmi Court in Saudi Arabia was taken up on 22nd December 2015.
Ministry News
Pakistan High Commissioner calls on Dep. Foreign Minister
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Harsh de Silva, met Pakistani High Commissioner Maj.Gen ( R ) Syed Shakeel Hussain and First Secretary Mr Hassan Zaigham today (17/12) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both sides discussed on areas of mutual cooperation with focus on trade and investment.
First Round of Senior Officials’ Talks between Sri Lanka and Australia concludes in Colombo
The First Round of Senior Officials’ Talks between Sri Lanka and Australia was held on 16 December 2015 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo.
Introduction by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera to Speech by Amb. Thomas Shannon at Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute
Introduction by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera
to Speech by Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute
16 December 2015
Remarks to Media by Foreign Minister following talks with US Under Secretary of State
Remarks to Media by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on Human Rights Day
Remarks to Media by
Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs
on Human Rights Day
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 10th December 2015.
Ladies & Gentleman,
Today is Human Rights Day, as you know. And as in the past, Sri Lanka will join the countries of the world in commemorating this important event. But this year, Sri Lanka’s commemorations will not only be symbolic – it will also be substantive. So I am very pleased to announce that Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will today, this morning in New York, in fact, will be signing the International Convention on Enforced Disappearances.
CTBTO Executive Secretary meets Hon. Dep. Foreign Minister
Mr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Preparatory Commission along with a delegation from the Preparatory Commission meet Hon. Dr. Harsha De Silva, Deputy Foreign Minister at the Ministry today, 4 December 2015.
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