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Opportunities of Convergence Speech at the South Asian Diaspora Convention by Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe Prime Minister of Sri Lanka On Monday 18th July 2016,

Wednesday, 20 July 2016 01:51

SLPM-Keynote

Opportunities of Convergence

Speech at the South Asian Diaspora Convention

by Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

On Monday 18^th July 2016, in Singapore

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore, Ambassador Gopinath Pillai, Chairman, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Distinguished delegates and Friends.

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Let me thank you at the outset for inviting me to this, the third South Asia Diaspora Convention, hosted by the Institute of South Asian Studies in Singapore. This event underscores the strategic position to which Singapore has evolved in the last 51 years as a key intersection between the East and the West. That we South Asians are congregating for this event in a South-East Asian nation is testimony to Singapore’s vision and skill in hosting these events.

Remarks to Media by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera following discussions with US Asst. Secretaries of State: 12 July 2016

Tuesday, 12 July 2016 00:00

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Remarks to Media by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera

following discussions with US Asst. Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal & US Asst. Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour

Tom Malinowski

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombo. 12 July 2016

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a pleasure to welcome Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal and Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour Tom Malinowski to Sri Lanka and to this Ministry, once again.

I am sure that by now, both Nisha and Tom are quite familiar to all of you.

Media Release issued by the Consultation Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms

Monday, 04 April 2016 18:38

SCRM

සංහිඳියා යාන්ත්රණ නිර්මාණ කීරීම උදෙසා ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සම්භවයක් ඇති කැනේඩියානු පුරවැසියන් ඇතුළු ඒ සදහා උනන්දුවක් දක්වන සියලු පාර්ශවයන්ගෙන් අදහස් විමසීමට සංහිඳියා යාන්ත්‍රණ සම්බන්ධීකරණ කාර්යාලය මගින් සිංහල, දෙමළ, ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා වලින් නිකුත් කර ඇති මාධ්ය නිවේදනය පහතින් දැක්වේ.

www.scrm.gov.lk - මෙම වෙබ් අඩවියට පිවිසීම මගින් ඔබගේ අදහස් සිංහල, දෙමළ, ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා වලින් ඉදිරිපත් කීරිමට අවස්ථාව සලසා දී ඇත. (මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය)

நல்லிணக்க பொறிமுறைகளை வடிவமைப்பது குறித்து கருத்து தெரிவிக்க விரும்பும், இலங்கை வம்சாவளி கனேடியர்கள் அடங்கலாக, அனைவரையும் கேட்டுக்கொள்ளும், நல்லிணக்க பொறிமுறைகளுக்கான ஆலோசனைச் செயலணியினால் வெளியிடப்பட்ட ஊடக அறிக்கை கீழே தரப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இது சம்பந்தமான யோசனைகள் சிங்களம், தமிழ் அல்லது ஆங்கில மொழிகளில் www.scrm.gov.lk என்ற இணையத்தளம் ஊடாக வரவேற்கப்படுகின்றன. (பத்திரிகை அறிக்கை)

The following is a Media Release in Sinhala, Tamil and English issued by the Consultation Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms seeking the views of interested parties including Canadians of Sri Lankan origin, on the design of the Reconciliation Mechanism.

Such submissions are welcome to be made in Sinhala, Tamil or English at www.scrm.gov.lk. (Media Statement)

Statement by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs following bilateral talks with H.E. Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China on 8th July 2016 in Colombo.

Friday, 08 July 2016 20:06

Remarks

Good evening ladies and gentlemen,

It has been an honour and a great privilege to welcome to Sri Lanka the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Wang Yi. The visit is significant as it is the first high level visit and the first visit by a Foreign Minister of China, following the formation of the National Unity Government in Sri Lanka.

Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama concludes successful visit to India

Thursday, 07 July 2016 20:17

Minister of Development Strategies & International Trade Malik Samarawickrama visited New Delhi from July 4-5, 2016 on the invitation of the Minister of Commerce and Industry of India Nirmala Sitharaman. He also held consultations with Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha. In addition, he met a representative group of CEOs of leading Indian companies.

Agreement on exemption of visas for Diplomatic & Official Passports signed between Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan

Monday, 04 July 2016 00:00

H.E. Bulat Sarasenbayev, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan resident in New Delhi met with Mrs. Chitranganee Wagiswara, Secretary of Foreign Affairs on 4^th July, to discuss matters of bilateral cooperation between Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan.

Statement by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera to the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Wednesday, 29 June 2016 19:54

FM-32HRC1

Statement by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, MP,

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka

32^nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Geneva, 29 June 2016

Mr. President

High Commissioner for Human Rights

Excellencies

Distinguished delegates

At the 30^th Session of this Council last October, Sri Lanka, by co-sponsoring the Resolution 30/1, ‘Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka’, broke away from the years of disengagement, self-isolation, and confrontation that preceded the election of President Maithripala Sirisena in January 2015

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