External
Affairs Minister G.L Peries said the statements made by the visiting Canadian Minister Jason Kenney were “biased and unbalanced”.
“Sri Lankan Government will not conduct its affairs in a way that suits the domestic politics of another country. The government will act in the best interest of our people,” he said.
Minister Kenney, who met Minister Peries on Sunday, said the domestic issues in Sri Lanka were causing an influx of asylum seekers to Canada and Australia.
Local and foreign elements that are arraigned against Sri Lanka have not changed their stance but their methodologies have been refined. In order to defeat their strategies, the Ministry of External Affairs has been assigned the task of proactively engaging with the international community. In order to achieve success everybody should act with a collective sense of responsibility, said External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris at a ceremony attended by the staff of the Ministry of External Affairs to launch the New Year Programme.
President at World Energy Forum : President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the World Energy Forum in Dubai. Picture by Sudath Silva Countries must bear in mind that in search for alternative energy sources agri ...
* ‘Move to deal with disinformation campaigns’
* ‘UPR to answer false allegations’
Sri Lanka has invited foreign media and influential persons belonging to the Tamil diaspora to come and see what is happening in the country, in a move to deal with disinformation campaigns that have been launched against the country by some sections of the Tamil diaspora, said External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunathilaka Amunugama.
S Duraiswamy Jaffna spl cor External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris visited Jaffna on Friday. The minister visited the Jaffna Duraiappah Stadium, Jaffna Fort, Public Library, Columbuthurai Mahendrapura Housing Scheme ...
Indunil HEWAGE The overcrowded mobile phone industry in Sri Lanka should go for mergers and acquisitions with intensifying competition eroding profitability. Sri Lanka’s Telecom industry has been overcrowded during the ...
Japanese govt mints Rs.1,000 Commemorative Silver Coin
The Tokyo Bureau of Japan Mint of the government of Japan minted a 1,000 Rupee Silver Coin to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Sri Lanka. The so-called, the First-Strike of the issuance of 1,000 Rupee Commemorative Silver Coin Ceremony was held at the Japan Mint of Tokyo Bureau on October 4.
