(L-R- Alan Donnelly, Executive Chairman Sovereign Strategy, Ambassador P.M.Amza, MEP, Robert Sturdy, Vice Chair of International Trade Committee of European Parliament, Dilipan Tyagarajah, Chairman European Chambers of Commerce, Sri Lanka)
Business Leaders from across Europe joined in Brussels recently by a delegation of top businessmen from Sri Lanka for the launch of the EU - Sri Lanka Business Council (EUSLBC).
During the second week of February 2013 several promotional events were held in India with a view to attracting investments and tourists to Sri Lanka. The High Commission actively supported and assisted in these events organized by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and the Colombo Stock Exchange, respectively.
Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, congratulating Sri Lanka on her achievement in eradicating terrorism, said that Israel stands firmly committed to supporting the development of the country’s economy in the prevailing environment of peace and stability.
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Guatemala established formal Diplomatic Relations on 26th February, 2013. His Excellency Dr. Palitha Kohona, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and His Excellency Mr. Gert Rosenthal the Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations signed the Joint Communique on behalf of their respective Governments.
The Sri Lanka Permanent Mission in Geneva has protested against the screening of the latest Channel 4 documentary film “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka” organized by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and FIFDH at the Palais de Nations in Geneva on 1st March 2013. In a letter addressed to Ambassador Remigiusz Achilles Henczel, President of the Human Rights Council, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ravinatha Aryasinha said “Sri Lanka views this film, as well as the timing of its broadcast as part of a cynical, concerted and orchestrated campaign that is strategically driven, and clearly motivated by collateral political considerations”.
