
Major Gen. (R) Jayanath Lokuketagodage, the new Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan, presented his credentials to Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain at the Aiwan -e- Sadr on Thursday, 31st December 2015.

Major Gen. (R) Jayanath Lokuketagodage, the new Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan, presented his credentials to Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain at the Aiwan -e- Sadr on Thursday, 31st December 2015.

His Excellency Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan who visited Sri Lanka at the invitation of His Excellency President Maithripala Sirisena concluded his two-day official visit on Wednesday, 6th January 2016. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe received the visiting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the official delegation together with several Cabinet Ministers and other dignitaries at the Bandaranaike International Airport.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Børge Brende, will undertake a one-day official visit to Sri Lanka on 7 January 2016, at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mangala Samaraweera.
At the invitation of H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, His Excellency Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from 4 to 6 January 2016.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Madam Begum Kalsoom Sharif will be welcomed on their arrival at the Bandaranaike International Airport by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. On 5th January 2016, the official welcome ceremony presided by President Maithripala Sirisena will be held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. The visiting Prime Minister will be accorded a ceremonial welcome including a Gun Salute and Guard of honour.

The Fashion Show & Gala Dinner organized by the Asian Ladies Association on 30th November 2015 at Hotel Riviera in Havana on the occasion of the 55thAnniversary of the Cuban Women Federation, marked yet another milestone in Asia – Cuba relations.