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Politics and Development in Sri Lanka
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President sends congratulatory message to Aung San Suu Kyi
H.E. Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka has sent a congratulatory message to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of the National League for Democracy on the landslide victory at the recent elections held in Myanmar.
The text of the message is as follows:-
Condolence Message on Terrorist Attacks in Paris by H.E. the President
H.E. Maithripala Sirisena President of Sri Lanka conveyed his condolences in a message to H.E. François Hollande, President of France on the terrorist attacks that occurred in Paris yesterday.
The text of the message is as follows:-
Condolence Message on Terrorist Attacks in Paris by the Hon. Prime Minister
Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe Prime Minister of Sri Lanka expressed his condolences in a message to the Hon. Manuel Valls, Prime Minister of France on the terrorist attacks yesterday in Paris.
The text of the message is as follows:
Sri Lanka elected to the UNESCO Executive Board
Sri Lanka was elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on 11 November 2015 during the 38th General Conference in Paris. Sri Lanka was one of six countries that qualified to serve on the Executive Board from the Asia and Pacific Group for the period 2015-2019, having received 149 out of 186 votes at the election in which there were eight candidate countries. The countries which were elected to the Executive Board from the Asia and Pacific Group with Sri Lanka are Malaysia, Viet Nam, Republic of Korea, Pakistan, and Iran (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/general-conference-38th/elections/results-executive-board).
Turkish Ambassador calls on Dep. Foreign Minister
H.E. Tunca Ozcuhar, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in Colombo met Dr Harsha de Silva , Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs today (13/11/2015) at the Ministry and discussed extensively matters of mutual cooperation including tourism and investment promotion.
Swiss Ambassador calls on Dep Foreign Minister
H.E. Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn, Ambassador of Switzerland called on Dr. Harsha De Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry on Wednesday, 11th November and discussed matters of mutual cooperation.
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