International Affairs

කොට්ටාව සිට පිටකොටුව දක්වා කණු මතින් දිවෙන විදුලි කාර් සේවාවක් ආරම්භ කිරීමට ව්‍යාපෘති වාර්තාවක් චීනය මගින් ආණ්ඩුවට ලබාදී ඇත.

China has sought to improve its bilateral relations with Sri Lanka to form comprehensive strategic partnership, Daily Mirror learns.

Dr. P.N Meegaswatte gets an overseas posting as the Thailand ambassador official source said adding that Sri Lanka maintains 67 missions/posts overseas at present.

Four new ambassadors and a new High Commissioner concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo yesterday.

Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Gareth Bailey and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Director for South Asia and Afghanistan Sara Hulton. The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka also participated in this meeting, which was held recently at the Foreign Relations Ministry.

China has pledged to assist Sri Lanka become economically independent and continues to standby Sri Lanka’s interests.

The European Union has announced that it has decided to extend the GSP Plus facility for Sri Lanka to 2023. Meanwhile, the ambassadors of the countries of the European Union expressed their interest in investing in Sri Lanka and asked Industrial Export, Investment Promotion and Civil Aviation Minister Prasasnna Ranatunga to explore the possibility of recommencing Sri Lankan flights to European countries.

Minister Susil Premajayantha, Special Envoy of the Government of Sri Lanka accompanied by Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka Faiszer Musthapha, visited the Sultanate of Oman to convey the condolence messages from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa addressed to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, on the demise of late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Foreign Ministry said today.

Russia says it will continue its arms trade with Sri Lanka by providing weapons to the military and help Sri Lanka improve its defence system.

Renowned journalist C.A. Chandraprema has been appointed as the new Sri Lankan Ambassador to Geneva, it is reported.

කටාර් ගුවන් සේවය තම ඉරාන ගුවන් ගමන් තාවකාලිකව අත්හිටුවා තිබිණි.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continues to be listed as a terrorist group in the EU’s renewed terrorist list of persons and organisations subject to sanctions.

Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval made the offer when he met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo yesterday.

ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා ලබන මාසයේ චීනයේ නිළ සංචාරයක නිරතවීමට නියමිතව ඇත.

දකුණු සහ මධ්‍යම ආසියානු කටයුතු පිළිබඳව අමෙරිකානු නියෝජ්‍ය සහකාර ලේකම් ඇලිස් වෙල්ස් මහත්මිය දෙදින නිල සංචාරයක් සදහා අද දිවයිනට පැමිණීමට නියමිතය.

පෙබරවාරි 24 වැනිදා ආරම්භ වන 43 වැනි ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් සමුළුවේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමග එක්‌ව ක්‍රියා කිරීමට රුසියාව සහ චීනය එක`ග වී ඇත.

A top U.S. official who was in Sri Lanka yesterday delivered a letter from her President Donald Trump to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa underscoring his government’s commitment and interest in furthering and depending partnership with Sri Lanka.

STRENGTHENING TIES: Japanese State Minister of Regional Revitalization Kozo Yamamoto called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. Japanese Ambassador Akira Sugiyama was also present.