Category: Defense
US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Alice Wells travels to Sri Lanka
Jan 10, 2020 (LBO) – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells will travel to Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan, from January 13-22. From January 13-14, she will be in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to meet with senior government officials and members of civil society to discuss a range […]
Foreign Ministers of China & Russia to visit Sri Lanka
Jan 09, 2020 (LBO) – Foreign Ministers of China & Russia will meet their Sri Lankan counterpart during a transit visit to the country next week, Ministry of Foreign Relations revealed. Accordingly, visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov will hold a bilateral meeting and a joint media conference with Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister […]
Singapore Law & Home Affairs Minister called on President
Singapore Law and Home Affairs Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam who was on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (8). President and Minister Shanmugam broadly discussed on a range of issues of importance to the two countries. The discussions that took place at the Presidential Secretariat mainly centered on improving […]
We never allow others to take over our economically significant resources: President
Jan 03, 2020 (LBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that he will never allow other countries to take over Sri Lanka’s economically significant geographic regions or physical resources. Addressing the Parliament at the ceremonial sitting, he reminded that the country’s unique position has resulted in considerable attention being given towards Sri Lanka in global geopolitics […]
New Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi to visit Sri Lanka
Dec 12, 2019 (LBO) – Newly appointed Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is to arrive Sri Lanka today for a three-day official visit to discuss the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) policy with the new Sri Lankan leadership. Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Relations said the visiting Minister will meet with his Sri Lankan counterpart […]
UK fails to uphold Brigadier Fernando’s diplomatic immunities: SL Foreign Ministry
Dec 07, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Relations says that the sequence of events – including the failure to uphold Brigadier Priyanka Fernando’s diplomatic immunities and the timing of the delivering of the judgement makes clear that it is a politically motivated action. Foreign Ministry further said that the demonstrators who had […]
Swiss State Secretary asks SL to explain evidence against events described by embassy
Dec 03, 2019 (LBO) – Switzerland State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl has asked Sri Lankan ambassador to explain the purported evidence against the events described by the embassy, which the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry had alluded to in its press release. Following several demarches from the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) over the incident concerning […]
‘s timeline did not correspond with actual movements of alleged victim: FM
Dec 02, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry says that the sequence of events and timeline of the alleged incident involving the staff member of the Swiss Embassy as presented by the Swiss Mission did not in any way correspond with the actual movements of the alleged victim on that date. Releasing an update […]
Indian Prime Minister reiterates Sri Lanka to implement 13th amendment
Nov 30, 2019 (LBO) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated Sri Lanka to implement the 13th amendment to the constitution and expected that Sri Lanka will pursue the process of reconciliation, to fulfill the aspirations of the Tamils for equality, justice, peace and respect. Delivering his remarks at the joint press meet with Sri […]
SL Govt re-affirms commitment Vienna Con on diplomatic relations following Swiss Embassy incident
Nov 29, 2019 (LBO) – The Government of Sri Lanka has taken serious note of the alleged criminal incident concerning a locally recruited staff member of the Embassy of Switzerland in Colombo, recently a statement said. On being informed of the alleged incident yesterday, the Police has taken immediate action to commence an investigation into […]
Indian Naval Ship ‘Nireekshak’ arrives at Trincomalee harbour
Nov 26, 2019 (LBO) – The Indian Naval Ship ‘Nireekshak’ arrived at the port of Trincomalee on a training visit and the ship was warmly welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval tradition. Upon her arrival yesterday, the Commanding Officer of the vessel, Commander BK Prashant called on Commander Eastern Naval Area, […]
Russian Navy training ship arrives at port of Hambantota
Nov 20, 2019 (LBO) – Russian Navy training ship ‘Perekop’ arrived at the port of Hambantota on a goodwill visit yesterday and she was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval traditions. A delegation comprising the Defence Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sri Lanka, Colonel Denis I.Shkoda and […]