Statement by Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in Parliament on UNHRC Resolution 30/1 on 20 February 2020 In May 2009, following the end of the 30 year-long internal armed conflict with the defeat of the LTTE, a ...
Statements
Foreign Relations Minister conveys Sri Lanka’s strong objections on the imposition of travel restrictions on Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva and immediate family
Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today (16 February 2020) formally conveyed to the US Ambassador Alaina Teplitz Sri Lanka’s strong objections on the imposition of travel restrictions by the Government of t ...
Address by His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the 72nd Independence Day celebrations
Most Venerable Maha Sangha, Other Religious Dignitaries Hon. Prime Minister Hon. Speaker Hon. Chief Justice Hon. Ministers, Ministers of State and Members of Parliament Hon. Governors the Ambassa ...
Media Statement by the Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Foreign Relations of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the Joint Press Conference with H.E. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 14 January 2020 – Ministry of Foreign Relations – Colombo
His Excellency Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation The State Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Relations Members of the Russian Delegation and members of the Sri Lankan and Russ ...
Foreign Ministry Statement on growing tensions in the Middle East
Sri Lanka is deeply concerned about the growing tensions in the Middle East following the assassination of a senior Iranian leader. Sri Lanka urges all parties to act with utmost restraint and maintain peace and securit ...
‘Revitalized Africa Policy’ to guide Sri Lanka’s engagement with Africa
Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has said the operationalization of the recently developed ‘RevitalizedAfrica Policy’, seeks to enhance Sri Lanka’s cooperation in the political, economic and cultural spheres ac ...
Foreign Secretary Aryasinha calls for the regaining of Sri Lanka’s economic prominence in Egypt
Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has called for the regaining of Sri Lanka’s economic prominence in Egypt to its traditional strength, consistent with the shared history, excellent bilateral political relations an ...