Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa

At the invitation of H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, His Excellency Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from 4 to 6 January 2016.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Madam Begum Kalsoom Sharif will be welcomed on their arrival at the Bandaranaike International Airport by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. On 5th January 2016, the official welcome ceremony presided by President Maithripala Sirisena will be held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. The visiting Prime Minister will be accorded a ceremonial welcome including a Gun Salute and Guard of honour.

Introduction by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera to

Speech by Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon Jr.

Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute

16 December 2015

Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon Jr.,

Under-Secretary-of-State nominee for Political Affairs 

Excellencies, 

Executive Director and Members of the Board of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies, 

Distinguished guests, 

Ladies & Gentlemen, 

I have the honour, as Chairman of the Board of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies, to introduce a very special person who is in our midst here today, our guest speaker, Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon Jr. 

Remarks to Media by

Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs

following talks with

Ambassador Thomas Shannon, US Under Secretary of State (designate)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 14th December 2015

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. 

It has been an honour and a privilege to welcome Ambassador Thomas Shannon, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs- designate, to Sri Lanka, this evening. 

Remarks to Media by 

 Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs 

 on Human Rights Day

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 10th December 2015.

Ladies  & Gentleman, 

Today is Human Rights Day, as you know. And as in the past, Sri Lanka will join the countries of the world in commemorating this important event. But this year, Sri Lanka’s commemorations will not only be symbolic – it will also be substantive. So I am very pleased to announce that Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will today, this morning in New York, in fact, will be signing the International Convention on Enforced Disappearances.