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Have Yala National Park on your bucket list while travelling to Sri Lanka!

 Yala7Make sure you have Yala National Park on your bucket list while travelling to Sri Lanka. Yala National Park has a protected area of nearly 130.000 hectares of land consisting of light forests, scrubs, grasslands, tanks and lagoons. Yala is home to 44 varieties of mammal and 215 bird species and amongst its famous residents are world’s biggest concentration of leopards, majestic elephants, sloth bears, sambars, jackals, spotted deer, peacocks and crocodiles. The best time to visit Yala is between February and July when the water levels of the park are quite low, bringing animals into the open


Media Release - Appointment of the High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa to Sri Lanka

PrezSAAmbThe Government of the Republic of South Africa with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka has appointed Mr. Sandile Edwin Schalk as the High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa to Sri Lanka in Succession of H.E. (Ms.) Robina P. Marks. He has presented credentials to H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka on 16 November 2021 at 10.30 a.m. at President’s House, Colombo 01.

Foreign Ministry, Colombo, 16 November, 2021

Media Release - Appointment of Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka

PrezJapanAmpThe Government of Japan with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka has appointed Mr. Hideaki Mizukoshi as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Sri Lanka in Succession of H.E. Akira Sugiyama. He has presented credentials to H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka on 16 November 2021 at 10.30 a.m. at President’s House, Colombo 01.

Foreign Ministry, Colombo, 16 November, 2021

Media Release - Appointment of Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Sri Lanka

PrezThaiAmbThe Government of the Kingdom of Thailand with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka has appointed Mr. Poj Harnpol as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand to Sri Lanka in Succession of H.E. (Ms.) Chulamanee Chartsuwan. He has presented credentials to H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka on 16 November 2021 at 10.30 a.m. at President’s House, Colombo 01.

Foreign Ministry, Colombo, 16 November, 2021

Media Release - US DASS Kelly Keiderling reviews bilateral ties with the Foreign Secretary

PeisisDeputyUSThe US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal & Sri Lanka, Ambassador Kelly Keiderling held wide ranging discussions covering bilateral relations and matters of mutual interest with the Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage on 15 November 2021 at the Foreign Ministry. Ambassador Keiderling was on an official visit to Sri Lanka from 13 to 15 November 2021.