Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa

Today we have achieved a path-breaking success in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva at the current 30^th Session. 

For the last several years, Sri Lanka was repeatedly humiliated by the international community with Resolutions that censured the conduct of our country. Successive resolutions since 2012, adopted by divisive and acrimonious voting, resulted in repeated defeats and isolation for Sri Lanka. 

Statement to the media by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs after the official talks with the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, H.E. Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier 22 September 2015

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, 

I have just concluded a meeting with the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, His Excellency Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier. This is Minister Steinmeier’s first visit to Sri Lanka and we are indeed honoured and happy to welcome this distinguished minister to our country. I also hope that this visit will allow me to reciprocate the warm and cordial hospitality extended to me when I visited Berlin a few months ago in May. 

On the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will undertake an Official visit to India from 14^th to 16^th September 2015.

Statement by

 Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, MP

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka

General Debate of the 30^th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Geneva, 14 September 2015

Mr. President

High Commissioner for Human Rights

Excellencies

Distinguished delegates 

I would like to begin by thanking you, and the members of the Council for the trust reposed in Sri Lanka at the 28^th Session and agreeing to defer the release of the Report of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka.