The business delegation of the OAV and AHK India from 5th - 11th October 2016 in Sri Lanka will provide German companies with contacts to political and commercial decision makers in Sri Lanka. Company visits and networking events in Colombo and Jaffna will open up actual business potential on location.
Mr. Esala Weerakoon, a member of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service batch of 1988 received his letter of appointment as the Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the 1st August 2016, from the Secretary to the President.
The Federal Republic of Germany has agreed to provide a Euro 13 million Technical Cooperation Grant to Sri Lanka during President Maithripala Sirisena's visit to Germany in February 2016.
The European Commission (EC) has announced that the fish ban imposed on Sri Lanka in 2015 by the European Union (EU) was lifted after a lengthy dialogue process.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, visited Sri Lanka from 14-16 June 2016, on an invitation extended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mangala Samaraweera. This is the first visit of a Foreign Minister of Turkey to Sri Lanka, and will therefore mark the beginning of forgoing stronger relations between the two countries.