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 […]
Sri Lankan Community in Poland Celebrated the Deepavali Festival
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Warsaw, together with the Sri Lankan community in Poland celebrated the Deepavali festival at the Embassy on 26th October 2019. The traditional oil lamp was lit by the Ambassador followed by a program of Hindu rituals and Religious observances held with offering flowers, preaching Hindu slogans and burning incense […]
Sri Lanka participates at World Travel Show 2019 at Warsaw, Poland
Under the auspices of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) in collaboration with Sri Lankan Embassy in Warsaw, Sri Lankan travel agents and tour companies participated at the World Travel Show held in Warsaw which commenced on 18th October 2019. The World Travel Show is the biggest and one of the most important tourism trade […]
Minister Anna Moskwa spotkała się z Ambasadorem Sri Lanki
16 października 2019 r. podsekretarz stanu w Ministerstwie Gospodarki Morskiej i Żeglugi Śródlądowej Anna Moskwa przyjęła w siedzibie MGMiŻŚ Ambasadora Sri Lanki w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej C. Wijeratne. Minister przedstawiła zakres zadań realizowanych przez MGMiŻŚ i poinformowała Ambasadora o priorytetach ministerstwa. W dalszej części spotkania omawiano kwestię potencjału eksportowego Sri Lanki o którym w dużym stopniu […]
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, […]
SRI LANKA AND VENEZUELA AGREE TO FORGE CLOSER BILATERAL TIES
State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vasantha Senanayake meeting the Venezuelan Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ruben Dario Molina at the Foreign Ministry, during his recent official visit to Sri Lanka As part of an Asian tour undertaken to promote closer cooperation between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Asian countries, the Vice Minister of Foreign […]