International Affairs

A Sri Lankan delegation headed by Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka Additional Secretary (Law and Order) Thusitha Wanigasingha participated at the INTERPOLITEX-2019 exhibition, which commenced on 23 October at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre in Moscow. INTERPOLITEX is the largest exhibition in Russia and one of the largest in Europe, dedicated to the means of protecting state and public security.

Further strengthening the longstanding relations between Sri Lanka and Turkey, bilateral trade between both countries continues to grow.

The European Union (EU) noted that the bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and the EU in recent years have grown significantly.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of US$164 million for Sri Lanka.

Britain says it is always ready to assist Sri Lanka to establish democracy in the country.

President Maithripala Sirisena signs agreements regarding the lease of land to the Colombo Port city project chinese Ambassador Chang Xueyang and officias are present/President’s Media

The parliament will have ample opportunity to review the MCC grant assistance agreement once it is signed, the US Embassy today said.

ඇමෙරිකානු මිලේනියම් චැලෙන්ජ් (MCC) ගිවිසුම ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර ඇමෙරිකාව සමග අස්සන් කරන බව, අගමැති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ඊයේ (30 වැනිදා) ප්‍රකාශ කළේය.

The ‘Ray of Hope’ Musical Night was held at Shangri-la Hotel on Saturday (26), to commemorate the 135th anniversary of the Attorney General’s Department and raise funds for the children who suffered in the April 21 attacks, a communique issued by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Sri Lanka said.

මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය වැටලීම් සඳහා අද (01) දින සිට කටුනායක ඡාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපලේ මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය නාශක අංශයට රොබෝ යන්ත්‍ර දෙකක් චීන රජය විසින් පරිත්‍යාග කර ඇත.

The United States appreciated Sri Lanka’s decision to approve the much delayed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant of USD 480 million.

A US Congressman has warned that China is looking to help Sri Lanka monitor its citizens.

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at six locations in Tamil Nadu today in connection with the alleged plot by an ISIS-inspired group to murder leaders of Hindu organisations in the ISIS Coimbatore module case and also for the links of the terror group’s suspects with the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka in April this year.

The U.S. Embassy will bring together young inventors and innovators from across Sri Lanka at its second Maker Fair on October 20 at Trace Expert City.

Tata SIA Airlines Limited, operating as Vistara an Indian full-service airline, based in Gurgaon now operates Mumbai-Colombo flights launching more international routes to fill the Jet Airways void in Indian aviation service, officials said.

Commercial air services between Jaffna International Airport (JAF) and Chennai International Airport (MAA) would be commenced from November 10, the Sri Lanka Civil Aviation Authority said.

​The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) yesterday welcomed the European Union Election Observation Mission for Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election (EUEOM) with open arms.

The High Commission of Pakistan, in collaboration with the Kashmir Study Forum, Sri Lanka organized a seminar in Colombo to mark the ‘Kashmir Black Day’ accusing India of committing atrocities in Kashmir.