FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY ON COVID- 19 PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena briefed the Diplomatic community on the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic and the preventive measures the Government of Sri Lanka contemplates taking. The Foreign Minister apprised that adequate preventive measures to curtail the transmission of the virus have been taken by the Government. While appreciating the role of the […]
STATEMENT OF SRI LANKA AT INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE OF THE 43RD SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF ON 02 MARCH 2020 IN REGARDS TO THE REPORT OF HIS VISIT TO SRI LANKA
Madam President, Sri Lanka takes note of the report of Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief following his visit to Sri Lanka from 15 to 26 August 2019, which has been presented to this Council today (A/HRC/43/48/Add.2). The advanced unedited report of the Special Rapporteur (SR) was shared with Sri […]
FOREIGN RELATIONS MINISTER MEETS UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
The Leader of the Sri Lanka delegation to the 43rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet this afternoon (28 February). Minister Dinesh Gunawardena reiterated the Government of Sri Lanka’s decision to withdraw from co-sponsorship of resolution 40/1 and the […]
STATEMENT MADE BY HON. DINESH GUNAWARDENA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AT THE 43RD SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Agenda Item 2 General Debate: Presentation of the written update on the implementation of HRC Resolution 30/1 by the High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to HRC resolution 40/1, OHCHR Report on ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ (A/HRC/43/19) 27 February 2020 Statement by Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Foreign Relations, Skills […]
72nd Independence Ceremony – Embassy of Sri Lanka, Warsaw
The Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Warsaw celebrated the 72nd anniversary of Independence on the 08th of February 2020 at the Embassy premises with the participation of the Sri Lankan community living in Poland and the Embassy officials and their families. The official ceremony proceedings commenced with the hoisting of […]
SRI LANKAN AIRLINES FLIGHT LEAVES WUHAN WITH 33 SRI LANKAN STUDENTS AND FAMILY
Following the direction of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Ministry of Foreign Relations in coordination with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka, have facilitated the return of the 33 Sri Lankan students and their family members to Sri Lanka from Wuhan. […]
LUXEMBOURG KEEN TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT WITH SRI LANKA
Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn met with the Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry today for bilateral discussions. Luxembourg extended felicitations to the new Government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Minister Asselborn, who is the longest serving Foreign Minister in Europe and Dean of the European Foreign Ministers’ corps, is the first […]
Annual Meeting of Student of the Department of Oriental Studies at the University Warsaw
HE CAHM Wijeratne, Ambassador presented a few copies of Alina Krecisz’s book on history of a travel of two famous Poles to Ceylon and her travel to Sri Lanka after one hundred years ago to Dean, Faculty members of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and to the Library during the 25th Annual meeting of Diplomats […]
The Ceremonial Commencement of First Working Day of Year 2020 Embassy of Sri Lanka in Warsaw
The commencement of the first working day of 2020 was held at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Warsaw with the participation of Ambassador and all staff members of the Mission on 2nd January 2020. Following the hoisting of the National Flag and singing of the National Anthem, the Embassy staff observed two minutes of […]
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF SRI LANKA AND SWITZERLAND EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ARREST OF SRI LANKAN EMPLOYEE OF SWISS MISSION
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena this evening (18 December) received a telephone call from the Foreign Minister of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis regarding the status of the Sri Lankan employee at the Swiss Embassy Ms. Garnier Banister Francis. She is presently in custody on reasonable suspicion of committing offenses under Sections 120 and 190 of the Penal […]