International Affairs

On 4 September, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka visited the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Russia’s highest military education and research institution for senior-rank officers of all services.

Steps have been taken to inquire from Saudi Arabia regarding the transactions of the Saudi Arabian company which allegedly lent money to the controversial Batticaloa Campus.

ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාවේ හමුදාවට එරෙහිව බි‍්‍රතාන්‍ය පාර්ලිමේන්තුව තුළ සමුළුවක් පැවැත්වීමට කොටි ඩයස්පෝරාව කි‍්‍රයා කර ඇත. අතුරුදන් වූවන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙම සමුළුව පවත්වා ඇත්තේ රටින් පිටත ඊළාම් ආණ්ඩුව නමැති කොටි හිතවාදී සංවිධානයයි.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya requested more employment opportunities in skilled and professional categories from the Government of Saudi Arabia while extending sincere appreciation for the employment opportunities for Sri Lankans that have been provided up till now.

Speaker of Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council, Dr. Abdullah Al- Asheikh has told President Maithripala Sirisena that effective steps would be taken to establish strong cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka parliaments.

The 42st session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) began in Geneva today during which issues related to Sri Lanka will be noted.

Sri Lanka law enforcement authorities counter terrorism capacity is to be strengthened with Japanese assistance, finance ministry announced.

The Core Group on Sri Lanka raised concerns at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during its ongoing session on the appointment of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva as the Army Commander.

එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් සමුළුවේ 42 සැසිවාරය අද ආරම්භවීමට නියමිතයි.

The EU has pledged continued support for a steadfast growth in economic relations with Sri Lanka, whilst mentioning the importance of continued dialogue on matters of mutual interest relating to respect for human rights, civil liberties and the rule of law.

Sri Lanka and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Mission in New Delhi had talks on issues pertaining to refugees.

The first phase of the programme to prevent human-elephant conflict that is funded by the World Bank began in Anuradhapurra and Kuunegala recently. The five years programme is effective until the end of 2022.

දෙදින නිල සංචාරයක් සදහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ සිටින ටෝගෝ ජනාධිපතිවරයා ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා හමුවිය.

A UN expert has noted concerns on the Value Added Tax (VAT), in a report to be presented to the UN General Assembly in October.

සෞදි අරාබියානු පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කථානායක අබ්දුල්ලා බින් ඊබ්‍රාහිම්, අද පෙරවරුවේ විපක්‍ෂ නායක මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා හමු වුණා. ඒ, විජේරාම මාවතේ පිහිටි විපක්‍ෂ නායකවරයාගේ නිල නිවසේදීයි.

China and Sri Lanka had talks on expanding the military ties between both countries.

The challenge to Sri Lanka is how to maximize the benefit to itself from the competition between global powers in the Indian Ocean without being overwhelmed by pressures that may be brought to bear upon it.

Australian residents who were injured or lost a family member in the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka can apply to the federal government for compensation.