Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa

Ambassador of Kuwait Khalaf Bu Dhhair called on the new Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris on 24 August, 2021.

In his opening remarks, Ambassador Dhhair extended greetings from the Foreign Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and expressed the Government of Kuwait's willingness to enhance bilateral trade and economic relations with the Government of Sri Lanka. Furthermore, the Ambassador Dhhair said that the Government of Kuwait was looking forward to employing skilled workers from Sri Lanka in the health and energy sectors.

Responding to the remarks made by the Ambassador Dhhair, Foreign Minister Peiris expressed that the Government of Sri Lanka and the State of Kuwait enjoy extremely cordial relations and during his tenure, was looking forward to strengthening Sri Lanka's relations with the Gulf countries. Minister Peiris also conveyed the Sri Lankan Government's appreciation to the Emir of Kuwait for the donation granted by the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society for the COVID – 19 emergency health sector requirements. The Minister Peiris also noted the valuable support extended by Kuwait to the Government to Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council and other multilateral forums.

Foreign Minister Peiris and the Ambassador Dhhair discussed the possibilities of further expanding the Trade and Investment ties between both countries into new areas such as energy, hotel and tourism and urban housing projects through a partnership between public and private sector institutions. They also noted that there were new areas of bilateral cooperation that are yet to be explored such as Tourism, Health and Energy sectors which would be mutually beneficial in strengthening the already existing cordial relations between the two countries.

Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage and senior officials of the Foreign Ministry also participated at the meeting.

Foreign Ministry

Colombo

24 August, 2021

(https://mfa.gov.lk/fm-sl-kuwait/)

The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Toronto arranged the Information & Communication Technology / Business Process Management (ICT/ BPM) promotional workshop “Island of Ingenuity” on 12 August 2019 at Edward Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. The Advisor to the team working as the Sectoral Expert for the ICT/ BPM sector in Sri Lanka, Ruwindhu Peiris participated in the event as the resource person.  The workshop was attended by Sri Lankan expatriates engaging in the ICT sector.

The aim of this initiative was to leverage Sri Lanka’s Diaspora network to help transform the industry by tapping into their networks and unraveling opportunities for Sri Lanka’s ICT/BPM sector. Sri Lanka’s National Export Strategy 2022 targets to elevate IT/BPM sector and achieve a target of USD 5 billion in export revenues, 200,000+ new jobs and 1,000 new start ups.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Sri Lanka Santhush Woonjin Jeong paid a courtesy call on the newly appointed Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris on Tuesday, 24 August, 2021 at the Foreign Ministry.

The Ambassador Woonjin extended sincere felicitations to the Foreign Minister on his new role and reiterated his country’s commitment to assist Sri Lanka in bilateral and multilateral settings on matters of mutual interest.

The discussions centered on a wide range of areas of existing and potential cooperation including education, science, information technology, digitalization, pharmaceutical production, labor migration, people-to-people exchanges and partnership in multilateral engagements. A particular emphasis was placed on the importance of development of Korean language education in Sri Lanka, enabling direct and effective exchanges between citizens, businesses and institutions between both countries.

During the meeting, Foreign Minister Peiris reiterated the significance of Sri Lanka-Korea bilateral relations which continue to be mutually beneficial with potential for further expansion and expressed appreciation for Ambassador Woonjin’s sentiments towards Sri Lanka and its people.

They agreed to explore further avenues for expanding trade and economic relations between the two countries which can be diversified into new development projects and investments.

Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage and senior officials of the Ministry participated in the meeting.

Foreign Ministry

Colombo

24 August, 2021

(https://mfa.gov.lk/fm-sl-korea/)

Media Release

Appointment of Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army

 With reference to comments that have appeared since the above appointment, the following is noted:

 • The appointment of the Army Commander of Sri Lanka is a sovereign decision by the Head of State.

 • Foreign entities trying to influence the decisions and internal administrative processes of public service promotions in Sri Lanka is unwarranted and unacceptable.

• Articulating a position of concern on this appointment by certain bilateral partners and international organizations, based on allegations, is regrettable and contrary to the principles of natural justice espoused by all responsible members of the international community.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Colombo

20 August 2019

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මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය

ලුතිනන් ජනරාල් ශවේන්ද්‍ර සිල්වා මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදාපති ධූරයට පත්කිරීම

ඉහත පත්කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව පළ වූ අදහස් දැක්වීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් පහත කරුණු සඳහන් කරනු ලැබේ.

• ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ යුද හමුදාපතිවරයා පත් කිරීම රාජ්‍ය නායකයාගේ ස්වෛරී තීරණයකි.

• විදේශීය  පාර්ශ්වයන්  මඟින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය සේවයේ උසස්කිරීම් පිළිබඳ තීරණ හා අභ්‍යන්තරික පරිපාලනමය ක්‍රියාවලීන්ට බලපෑම් කිරීමට උත්සාහ දැරීම යුක්ති සහගත නොවන අතර, එය පිළිගත නොහැකි ක්‍රියාවකි.

• චෝදනා මත පදනම්ව, ඇතැම් ද්විපාර්ශ්වික හවුල්කරුවන් සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර සංවිධාන විසින් මෙම පත්කිරීම සැලකිලිමත් විය යුතු තත්ත්වයක් ලෙස පෙන්වා දෙනු ලැබීම කණගාටුවට කරුණක් වන අතර, එය ජාත්‍යන්තර ප්‍රජාවේ සියලුම වගකිවයුතු සාමාජිකයින් විසින් අනුගමනය කරනු ලබන ස්වාභාවික යුක්තියේ මූලධර්මවලට පටහැනි වේ.

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විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය

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ஊடக வெளியீடு 

இலங்கை இராணுவத் தளபதி லெப்டினன்ட் ஜெனரல் ஷவேந்திர சில்வா அவர்களின் நியமனம் 

மேற்கண்ட நியமனத்தைத் தொடர்ந்து தோன்றிய கருத்துகள் தொடர்பில் பின்வருவன அவதானிக்கப்படுகின்றது:

• இலங்கை இராணுவத் தளபதியின் நியமனமானது அரச தலைவரின் இறையாண்மைக்குட்பட்ட தீர்மானமாகும்.

• இலங்கையில் பொதுச் சேவை பதவியுயர்வுத் தீர்மானங்கள் மற்றும் உள்ளக நிர்வாக செயன்முறைகளை பாதிக்கும் வகையிலான வெளிநாட்டு நிறுவனங்களின் முயற்சிகள் தேவையற்றவையும், ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள முடியாதவையுமாகும்.

• குற்றச்சாட்டுகளின் அடிப்படையில் சில இருதரப்பு பங்காளர்கள் மற்றும் சர்வதேச அமைப்புகளால் இந்த நியமனம் குறித்த அக்கறையுள்ளதொரு நிலையை குறிப்பிடுவது வருந்தத்தக்கதும், சர்வதேச சமூகத்தின் அனைத்துபொறுப்புள்ள உறுப்பினர்களும் முன்வைக்கும் இயற்கை நீதிக்கான கொள்கைகளுக்கு முரணானதுமாகும்.

வெளிநாட்டு அலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு, 

கொழும்பு  

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