Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa

The Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka condemns the nuclear test carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 9^th September 2016. Sri Lanka notes with concern that this is the second such test to be carried out by the DPRK this year.

Sri Lanka calls upon the DPRK to abide by its international obligations and refrain from any action which would compromise peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Colombo.

14^th September 2016

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera visited the Republic of Slovenia from 4-8 September on the invitation of Hon Karl Erjavec, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia to attend the 11^th Bled Strategic Forum 2016. During the visit, Minister Samaraweera met with President Borut Pahor, Prime Minister Miro Cerar, Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec and Minister of Economic Development and Technology Zdravko Počivalšek and reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s commitment to strengthening and consolidating the longstanding relations between Sri Lanka and Slovenia and identifying new areas of cooperation between the two countries. 

Read more: Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera reaffirms commitment to further advancing bilateral ties during visit to the Republic of Slovenia

Address by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, MP.,

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka

at the

International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES)

Slovenia, 7 September 2016

Democracy, Reconciliation and Development: Vision for a New Sri Lanka

Prof. Dr. Ernest Petrič

Vice President of the Advisory Board of the International Institute for

Middle-East and Balkan Studies, and Members of the Institute 

Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in Slovenia,

Excellencies,

Distinguished guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is an honour for me to be here today, at the invitation of the International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies, to speak to you about the changes that are taking place in my country. 

Read more: Address by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera at the International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera will undertake an official visit to the Republic of Slovenia on 4-8 September 2016. This is the first high-level visit from Sri Lanka to the Republic of Slovenia since the election of the new Government in January 2015.

Read more: Minister of Foreign Affairs to undertake official visit to the Republic of Slovenia

Introductory Remarks by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, MP.

to Address by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon organized by

the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute

Colombo, 1 September 2016

Read more: Introductory Remarks by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera to Address by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

It is an honour to be here today to talk about the links between peace and sustainable development.

Read more: Secretary-General’s remarks at event in Sri Lanka on SDG16: Sustaining Peace – Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

At the invitation of the Government, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Mrs Ban Soon-taek, will visit Sri Lanka from 31 August to 2 September 2016. 

Read more: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to visit Sri Lanka