International Affairs

UK’s Counter-terror police have arrested four Sri Lankans after arriving at Luton Airport on suspicion of being members of a banned organisation.

Korea is grateful to Sri Lanka for its support on the Korean peninsula issue, the Korean Embassy in Sri Lanka said.

A massive investment worth $ 20 billion for a mega refinery project in Hambantota by a Singapore firm has been approved by the Cabinet.

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador-designate to the State of Kuwait, U.L. Mohammed Jauhar paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on October 1 and presented copies of his Letters of Credence.

Sri Lanka on Friday urged India to remove trade barriers for better economic cooperation among South Asian nations, saying the move by the neighbouring country to restrict exports of onions has a massive impact on prices there, the Press Trust of India (PTI).

එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ 58 වැනි සේනාංකය යුද අපරාධ සිදුකළ බවට වරදකරු කර ඇත.

ඊජිප්තුවෙන් සහ චීනයෙන් පමණක් ලොකු ළූණු ආනයනය කිරීමට පියවර ගෙන ඇති බව පාරිභෝගික කටයුතු අධිකාරිය සඳහන් කරයි.

Speaking at the 2019 Social Forum of the Human Rights Council on 1 October in Geneva, the delegation from Sri Lanka highlighted the importance and transformative power of education, a fundamental human right that lies at the core of the 2030 Development Agenda, in the promotion and protection of human rights of children and youth.

UK Minister of State (Minister for the Commonwealth, the UN and South Asia) and Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon had talks in Sri Lanka with politicians, civil society and others.

Senior Sri Lankan career diplomat Esala Weerakoon has been appointed as the new Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday Oct 6.

The newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Turkey M. Rizvi Hassen met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara.

In order to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, known in India as the “Father of the Nation”, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe together with Indian High Commissioner to Colombo Taranjit Singh Sandhu unveiled a statue of Gandhi at the Temple Trees premises yesterday.

The initial outlay on Sri Lanka’s largest vocational skilling project has now increased by a huge 60% from its first value. “Due to some important revisions and re-assessments on ground, the project value has been boosted by another US $ 30 Mn to total at US $ 80 Mn.

Minister of State for the Commonwealth, UN and South Asia and Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon visited Sri Lanka on 1-2 October.

Lord Tariq Ahmed of Wimbledon, British Minister of State for Commonwealth, UN and South Asia, currently visiting Sri Lanka, has commended the efforts taken by the Government to strengthen the process of reconciliation amidst the severe challenge posed by the terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday.

අපරාධ පරීක්‍ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ රහස්‌ වාර්තා කිහිපයක්‌ ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ නිලධාරීන්ට ලැබීමේ සිද්ධියක්‌ එම කවුන්සිලයෙන්ම හෙළිවී ඇත.

Fourteen new Ambassadors and High Commissioners concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s House in Colombo yesterday.

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha, who is presently leading the Sri Lanka delegation to the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly, met with Office of Counterterrorism (OCT) Under-Secretary General Vladimir Voronkov and his team, and Counterterrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) Assistant Secretary General (ASG) and Executive Director Michéle Coninsx on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week. Ambassador Kshenuka Senewiratne, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and other senior officials were associated with the Foreign Secretary.