Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to the European Union Grace Asirwatham met with Mr. Peter Berz, Head of South and South East Asia Division of the Directorate General of Trade (DG Trade) of the European Commission on 31st July 2019 following her recent assumption of duties in Brussels.
Ambassador Asirwatham discussed Sri Lanka’s desire to further expand bilateral trade with the EU and to increase the utilization level of the GSP+ facility granted to Sri Lankan exporters. They also discussed the agenda for the forthcoming meeting of the EU – Sri Lanka Working Group on Trade and Economic Relations Cooperation as well as the visit of the GSP+ Monitoring Mission to Sri Lanka. Ambassador also announced that an Investment Promotion Seminar is being organized by the Mission in collaboration with the BOI in October 2019 in Brussels.
