The Vietnamese hailed the visit of Dr. Harsha de Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, especially noting that it is the first high level bilateral visit to Viet Nam since President Maithripala Sirisena assumed office on 8th January 2015.
The Government of Sri Lanka has made arrangements to open a Consulate General Office in Milan, Italy with effect from 01st February 2016, to serve the Country’s large expatriate community there. The Sri Lankan community ...
Sri Lanka Minister of Agriculture Duminda Dissanayake had fruitful discussions with his German counterpart, Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Christian Schmidt when both met at the Federal Ministry for Food and ...
Sri Lanka Ambassador to France Tilak Ranaviraja, concurrently accredited to the Portuguese Republic presented his credentials to Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of the Portuguese Republic at a grand ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Lisbon, Portugal on 12th January 2016.
Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife, Mr. Gamini Jayawickrama Perera has re-iterated Sri Lanka's commitment to protect endangered wildlife species. He said consistent with this policy, the Government had decided to destroy a confiscated blood ivory shipment on 26th January 2016 at the Galle Face Green in Colombo. The consignment consists of 359 pieces of blood ivory, equalling 1.5 tonnes.
Utrecht Mayor Jan van Zanen lighting the traditional oil lamp to inaugurate the Sri Lanka Stand
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Embassy in The Netherlands organized the Sri Lanka Stand at the Vakentiebeurs 2016 Tourism Fair in Utrecht from 12th to 17th January 2016, which proved to be major attraction to Dutch visitors.
Ambassador Rohan Perera delivering the welcome remarks
A side event entitled “Coastline Erosion and its Contribution to Climate Change” co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations was held yesterday (20/01) at the UN Headquarters with the participation of a large number of Permanent Representatives, senior diplomats and members of the civil society.
