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 […]
UPDATE ON THE ALLEGED INCIDENT RELATING TO SWISS EMBASSY STAFF MEMBER
Media Statement The Government of Sri Lanka, having taken serious note of the alleged criminal incident concerning a locally recruited staff member of the Swiss Embassy in Colombo, on Monday, 25 November 2019, immediately ordered a thorough investigation into this matter. This evening (1 December 2019) Secretary/Foreign Relations Ravinatha Aryasinha together with Secretary/Defence Major General […]
UNODC DIRECTOR OPERATIONS MIWA KATO CALLS ON FOREIGN MINISTER GUNAWARDENA
Director, Operations of the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Miwa Kato paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on 28 November 2019 at the Ministry. The Minister appreciated the increasing engagement between Sri Lanka and UNODC, especially in maritime crime prevention. He emphasized that at a time that Sri Lanka is emerging after a 30 […]
STATE MINISTER SUSIL PREMAJAYANTHA REITERATES NEED TO MAINTAIN CLOSE TIES WITH NEIGHBOURING STATES
State Minister Susil Premajayantha assumed duties as the State Minister of International Cooperation on 28 November 2019 and was received by Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha and other senior officials upon his arrival at the Foreign Ministry in Colombo. Minister Premajayantha addressing the gathering of senior officials, staff and media at the Ministry, following the assumption […]
MINISTER DINESH GUNAWARDENA CALLS ON FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS TO RISE TO NEW CHALLENGES
Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena assumed duties at the Foreign Ministry on Monday 25 November 2019. Minister Gunawardena was received by Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha and other senior officials upon his arrival at the Ministry. Following religious observances, the Minister officially assumed duties. Later, the Foreign Minister who addressed the staff, remarked that the […]
New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in
The new Cabinet of Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat.
President Rajapaksa assumes duties.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assumed duties as the 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka at the Presidential Secretariat today (19). The President assumed duties following religious observances and the event was attended by former president Maithripala Sirisena as well. Several political party leaders including Prof. G. L. Peiris, Dinesh Gunawardane, Douglas Devananda, Wimal Weerawansa, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, […]
New President sworn-in
The winner of the 2019 Presidential Election, SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as the 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka today (November 18) in Anuradhapura. He took oaths before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya. Secretary to the President Udaya R Seniviratne read out the proclamation declaring Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the President. Prime Minister Ranil […]
COLOMBO MEETING PRESSES FOR RATIONALIZATION OF AREAS OF COOPERATION AND ADOPTION OF A BIMSTEC CHARTER
Rationalization of areas of cooperation of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) and draft Charter of the organization were deliberated and a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed between the BIMSTEC Secretariat and the Asian Development Bank was agreed on during the 2nd meeting of the (BIMSTEC) Permanent […]
SRI LANKA SAYS TANGIBLE ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO CONSOLIDATE ON SRI LANKA’S RESTORATION OF NORMALCY POST 21/4
Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha who is presently leading the Sri Lanka delegation to the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly, met with Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, Office of Counter-Terrorism (OCT) and his team and Ms. Michéle Coninsx, Assistant-Secretary-General (ASG) and Executive Director of the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly […]