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• H.E. Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman visits Sri Lanka

  On the invitation of Prof. G L Peiris, Minister of External Affairs of Sri Lanka, H.E. Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman visited Sri Lanka from 30th October to 01st November, 2012. ...

• Minister Peiris meets the new External Affairs Minister of India

  Minister of External Affairs G. L. Peiris who is in New Delhi for the 12th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) that is currently chaired by India, met the Minister of External Affair...

• Deputy Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera adresses the International Chamber of Commerce in Prague

  Minister Neomal Perera during his resent visit to the Czech Republic addressed the International Chamber of Commerce in Prague on Sri Lanka's economic opportunities. Several representatives from the business sector has shown interest in investing in Sri...

• Deputy Minister of External Affairs leads bilateral talks with Czech Republic

  Deputy Minister of External Affairs, Hon. Neomal Perera, made an official visit to the Czech Republic from 24-27 October 2012 for annual bilateral consultations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. ...

• GL and Bangladeshi FM discuss Colombo Commonwealth Summit

  External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris had discussions with Dr. Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, on the sidelines of the Asia Co-operation Dialogue Summit in Kuwait City. ...

• GL and Bangladeshi FM discuss Colombo Commonwealth Summit

  External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris had discussions with Dr. Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, on the sidelines of the Asia Co-operation Dialogue Summit in Kuwait City. ...

• Hon. Deputy Minister of External Affairs, Neomal Perera, M.P., meets Cabinet Director of the French Foreign Ministry

  On Thursday, October 18 th , 2012, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of External Affairs, Neomal Perera, MP, called on Mr. Denis Pietton, Cabinet Director of the French Foreign Ministry. During the meeting, Director Pietton said that bilateral relations be...

• KUWAIT APPRECIATES PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA’S ROLE IN ACD

  Sheik Sabah Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait expressed appreciation of the contribution made by Sri Lanka, with particular reference to remarks by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to stren...

• ASIA CO-OPERATION DIALOGUE HAS IMMENSE POTENTIAL TO MITIGATE GLOBAL ISSUES ̶ MINISTER G L PEIRIS AT KUWAIT MINISTERIAL MEETING

  Minister G L Peiris, in his address at the Ministerial meeting, pointed out the immense potential of the area covered by the Asia Co-operation Dialogue to find practical solutions to global problems at this time. He said that the 32 countries which are...

• President Rajapaksa launches Commonwealth Business Forum 2013

  President Mahinda Rajapaksa launched the Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) 2013 in Colombo on Thursday 11th October with a video projecting Sri Lanka’s resurgence as a regional economic and trading hub. This was preceded by a video presentation of Pre...

• Joint Press Statement at the Conclusion of Bilateral Discussions between India and Sri Lanka on Civil Nuclear Cooperation

  JOINT PRESS STATEMENT The first round of talks between India and Sri Lanka on comprehensive civil nuclear cooperation was held on 12 October 2012 in New Delhi. The Indian delegation was led by Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Joint Secretary in the Ministry ...

• DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF OPEC FUND COMMENDS SRI LANKA’S PERFORMANCE ON MDG GOALS

  Mr. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development, met with External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris at the Ministry on Monday. ...

• Major Commonwealth Business Council Event in Sri Lanka

  Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, had a discussion with Dr. Mohan Kaul, Chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council on arrangements for the Business Forum to be held on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit. ...

• Travel to Tamil Nadu

  Following a series of unfortunate incidents faced by Sri Lankans visiting Tamil Nadu, in particular a group of Sri Lankan pilgrims visiting the Poornimatha Church in Thanjavur in early September 2012, the Government of Sri Lanka was compelled to issue a t...

• Press Release

  It has been reported by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan that the following numbers of the Embassy safe house inmates have been admitted to the hospitals on the morning of Saturday, 6th October, due to suspected food poisoning : University hospital   ...

• Attack on Buddhist Temples in Chittagong – No Cause for Alarm

  The attention of the Ministry of External Affairs has been drawn to the recent incidents that took place in Bangladesh which have caused a sense of anxiety and grief among some sections of the Sri Lankan community both here in Sri Lanka and in Bangladesh...

• EXCESSIVE EXTERNAL PRESSURE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE : Professor G.L. Peiris

  Prof.G.L.Peiris with Mr. Vuk Jeremic , President of the 67 th UN General Assembly and former Foreign Minister of Serbia Establishing an international mechanism for the purpose of accountability is misplaced as primacy needs to be given to local remedie...

• Prof Peiris meets Foreign Minister of Singapore

  The Minister of External Affairs, Prof.G.L.Peiris met K Shanmugam, Foreign Minister of Singapore on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. At the meeting with his counterpart Minister Peiris discussed technical cooperation and assistance to Sri Lanka...

• Professor G.L. Peiris meets UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon

  Appreciating the willingness on the part of the Government of Sri Lanka, to engage with the UN system as demonstrated by the invitation to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the recent visit of the technical team from her office, UN Secretary...

• Developing Nations require greater focus in International System: Professor G.L. Peiris addressing UN General Assembly

  Sri Lanka believes that in the settlement of international disputes, action must be based on the fundamental principle of sovereign equality of states, a principle firmly enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, stated Professor G.L. Peiris, Mini...