ASEAN diplomats in Dhaka have assured Bangladesh of strongly raising Myanmar’s unlawful actions on the Myanmar-Bangladesh borders at the UN General Assembly after Dhaka sought their cooperation in preventing violence on the borders, said foreign ministry officials.
Amidst deepening political turmoil caused by an unprecedented forex crisis, Foreign Minister, who is also the State Minister for Defence, Prof. G.L. Peiri, has briefed a group of Colombo-based Ambassadors on the progress made by the government in addressing post-conflict reconciliation related issues and measures adopted to further strengthen democracy and human rights. Foreign Minister […]
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat, Wednesday. The President briefed Ms. Nuland on the issues raised at the All-Party Conference this morning, its progress, and the discussion to be held with
The Foreign Ministry has accused the UNHRC of resorting to punitive, politicised, divisive, unhelpful action against Sri Lanka due to extraneous reasons. The OHCHR has now established a “Sri Lanka Accountability Project” citing resolution 46/1, in a situation where the language of OP6 (Operative Paragraph) in resolution 46/1 only sought to “strengthen the capacity of […]
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa informed Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud that he would like to invite Saudi Arabia to make direct investments in several sectors.
The President made these remarks during a meeting held with the Foreign Affairs Minister of Saudi Arabia at the