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 […]
ADDRESS TO THE 74TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY MR. RAVINATHA P ARYASINHA, SECRETARY, FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND LEADER OF THE DELEGATION OF SRI LANKA 30 SEPTEMBER 2019
Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha, Leader of the Sri Lanka Delegation addresses the 74th United Nations General Assembly on 30 September 2019 Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, It is indeed an honour to participate in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) representing Sri Lanka. H.E. Maithripala Sirisena, President […]
FOREIGN MINISTRY LED 8TH INTEGRATED CONSULAR MOBILE SERVICE CONCLUDES IN THE NUWARA ELIYA DISTRICT
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the guidance of Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana, conducted an Integrated Consular Mobile Service [ICMS], for the eighth time this year, with the assistance of the Nuwara Eliya District Secretariat at the District Secretariat on Saturday, 14 September 2019. The Ministry had previously conducted ICMS in Trincomalee, Kandy, Kurunegala, Dambulla, […]