International Affairs

The initial outlay on Sri Lanka’s largest vocational skilling project has now increased by a huge 60% from its first value. “Due to some important revisions and re-assessments on ground, the project value has been boosted by another US $ 30 Mn to total at US $ 80 Mn.

Minister of State for the Commonwealth, UN and South Asia and Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon visited Sri Lanka on 1-2 October.

Lord Tariq Ahmed of Wimbledon, British Minister of State for Commonwealth, UN and South Asia, currently visiting Sri Lanka, has commended the efforts taken by the Government to strengthen the process of reconciliation amidst the severe challenge posed by the terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday.

අපරාධ පරීක්‍ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ රහස්‌ වාර්තා කිහිපයක්‌ ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ නිලධාරීන්ට ලැබීමේ සිද්ධියක්‌ එම කවුන්සිලයෙන්ම හෙළිවී ඇත.

Fourteen new Ambassadors and High Commissioners concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s House in Colombo yesterday.

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha, who is presently leading the Sri Lanka delegation to the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly, met with Office of Counterterrorism (OCT) Under-Secretary General Vladimir Voronkov and his team, and Counterterrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) Assistant Secretary General (ASG) and Executive Director Michéle Coninsx on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week. Ambassador Kshenuka Senewiratne, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and other senior officials were associated with the Foreign Secretary.

Korea is grateful to Sri Lanka for its support on the Korean peninsula issue, the Korean Embassy in Sri Lanka said.

A massive investment worth $ 20 billion for a mega refinery project in Hambantota by a Singapore firm has been approved by the Cabinet.

මෙරට අමෙරිකානු නියෝජ්‍ය තානාපති මාටින් ඩී කේලි සහ ලංකා කම්කරු කොග්‍රසයේ නායක නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රි ආරුමුගන් තොණ්ඩමන් අතර විශේෂ සකාච්ඡාවක් ඊයේ (01) පස්වරුවේ නුවරඑළිය ගොල්ෆ් ක්‍රිඩාංගණ සමාජ ශාලාවේදී පවත්වා තිබෙනවා.

Sri Lanka on Friday urged India to remove trade barriers for better economic cooperation among South Asian nations, saying the move by the neighbouring country to restrict exports of onions has a massive impact on prices there, the Press Trust of India (PTI).

එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ 58 වැනි සේනාංකය යුද අපරාධ සිදුකළ බවට වරදකරු කර ඇත.

Few countries can qualitatively match the troops sent by Sri Lanka who have extensive professional experience in all aspects of peacekeeping and providing humanitarian assistance, Sri Lanka told the UN on Monday.

Speaking at the 2019 Social Forum of the Human Rights Council on 1 October in Geneva, the delegation from Sri Lanka highlighted the importance and transformative power of education, a fundamental human right that lies at the core of the 2030 Development Agenda, in the promotion and protection of human rights of children and youth.

UK Minister of State (Minister for the Commonwealth, the UN and South Asia) and Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon had talks in Sri Lanka with politicians, civil society and others.

India says bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka have seen many positive developments in recent times.

The newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Turkey M. Rizvi Hassen met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara.

In order to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, known in India as the “Father of the Nation”, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe together with Indian High Commissioner to Colombo Taranjit Singh Sandhu unveiled a statue of Gandhi at the Temple Trees premises yesterday.

The Chinese Embassy on Monday marked 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic. President Maithripala Sirisena visited the celebrations and is here seen with China's Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan.