In a solemn ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning, 28 May 2015, Minister Mangala Samaraweera handed over compensation and salary dues totaling Sri Lanka Rupees 50 million to the family members of thirty-three deceased Sri Lankan migrant workers who had been employed in the Middle East and in Malaysia.
At the invitation of his counterpart, the Federal Foreign Minister of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera visited Berlin from 21st - 23rd May 2015.
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met German Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier this morning, 22 May 2015 at the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Following the bilateral meeting, Foreign Minister Samaraweera addressed the media.
The sixth annual South Asian Regional Conference on international humanitarian law (IHL) jointly organized by the Government of Sri Lanka and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is being held in Colombo from 19-21 May 2015.
Sri Lanka denounces in the strongest terms, today’s terrorist attack on a bus in Karachi, killing innocent civilians and injuring many.
Firing on men, women and children while they were on their way to participate in religious observances displays a brutality of unimaginable proportions.
At a meeting with the diplomatic community based in Colombo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday 12 May, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera highlighted the achievements of the Government in the last four months.
The Government of Sri Lanka has secured the release of 17 Sri Lankan fishermen, as well as their 03 boats which had been detained by the Myanmar authorities for allegedly poaching in the territorial waters of Myanmar in ...
