Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, the newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, presented his Credentials to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, in the Alexandrovsky Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Thursday, 26th November 2015. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov was also present at the Ceremony.
The Minister of Agriculture, Duminda Dissanayake visited Cuba from 07th to 13th November 2015 and represented the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) as its Secretary General at the 19th General Assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and its 70th Anniversary Celebrations held in Havana, Cuba from 09th to 12th November 2015 which also coincided with the 10th International Commission of the Communist Youth Federation of Cuba (UJC). The Minister was received on arrival by members of the Cuban Young Communist League and the Sri Lankan Embassy staff.
The newly appointed High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Singapore, Mr. Nimal Weeraratne presented his credentials to His Excellency Tony Tan Keng Yam, President of the Republic of Singapore on Thursday, 26th November 2015. The ceremony was held at the Istana, the office and the official residence of the President of Singapore where the High Commissioner was welcomed with a Guard of Honour upon his arrival.
After the welcome ceremony, High Commissioner Weeraratne presented credentials to President Tony Tan, and held a brief discussion. The First Lady of Singapore, Mrs. Weeraratne and senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore were present at the meeting. In his remarks, the High Commissioner conveyed warm greetings and best wishes of President Maithripala Sirisena and those of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to the Singaporean President which was warmly reciprocated.
“I cannot think of a country in the world today where there has been this much change in this short a period of time.” – Ambassador Samantha Power, Colombo, November 23rd
United States Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Samantha Power visited Sri Lanka from November 21st to 23rd. Ambassador Samantha Power is the second cabinet level visitor from the US Administration to travel to Sri Lanka this year, following Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit in May.
High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Esala Weerakoon presented Credentials to the President of India Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapathi Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday, 13 November 2015.
The newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Republic of the Philippines, Mrs. Aruni Ranaraja presented credentials to His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines on Thursday, 5th November 2015. The ceremonies included a honour guard at the Malacañan Palace and wreath laying ceremony at the monument of Dr. Jose P . Rizal , the Philippine National Hero. Mr. Albert F. Del Rosario, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Minda Calaguian-Cruz, Assistant Secretary, Office of Asia and Pacific Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs, as well as Senior Officials of the Government of the Philippines were present at the ceremonies.
The new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to Israel, Mr. Periyasamy Pillai Selvaraj presented his credentials to His Excellency Reuven Rivlin, President of the State of Israel on 02nd November 2015. The ceremonial event was held at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem where the Ambassador was accompanied by Mr. M.R.C.B. Ekanayake, First Secretary and Mr. Hemachandra Gamage, Second Secretary of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Tel Aviv, Israel.
