Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam has been accredited as the first non-resident High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to Trinidad & Tobago, resident in the United States with effect from October 13, 2015. Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations with Trinidad & Tobago in 1972 and Trinidad & Tobago has been accrediting its High Commissioner in New Delhi, as their High Commissioner to Sri Lanka since 1983.
Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Washington D.C. moved to its new chancery premises on October 19th marking another milestone in the seven-decade long diplomatic presence in the United States.
The Sri Lanka National Junior Under 19 Football team, which includes 14 premier league players, participated in the Asian Football Federation U-19 qualifier Boys Championship 2015 in Dhaka Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka Ambassador and Permanent Delegate H.E. Tilak Ranaviraja, presented credentials today, 06th October 2015, to UNESCO Director General Madam Irina Bokova at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
Concluding his assignment as Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Austria, Ambassador A.L. A. Azeez paid a farewell call on Heinz Fischer, President of Austria, at Hofburg Palace in Vienna on 5th October, 2015.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau organized a dance performance by the Channa Upuli Dance Academy at Vällingby Theatre on 24th September at 18.30 hrs. HE Ambassador Mrs Damayanthie Rajapakse made the welcome speech at the inauguration of the event.
Sri Lanka’s new Ambassador to the Netherlands, Adam M.J. Sadiq presented the Letter of Credence accrediting him as Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), to the Director General of the OPCW, His Excellency Ahmet Üzümcü at the Headquarters in the Hague today.
