The Sri Lankan communities living in Germany joined with their brethren Hindus as one Sri Lankan community to celebrate the Deepavali festival at Sri Ganesha temple in Berlin. The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Germany together with the Sri Lankan Associations in Germany organized the Deepavali celebration and a special Pooja.
Ambassador Karunatilaka Amunugama held a meeting with the State Secretary Markus Ederer of the German Federal Foreign Office at his office.
Sri Lanka Ambassador for Germany Karunatilaka Amunugama held a meeting with the Hans Joachim Fuchtel, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany.
H.E. Ambassador Karunatilaka Amunugama had a meeting with the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Mr. Klaus Wowereit, at the Senate Administration of Berlin recently. Governing Mayor Wowereit welcomed the new Sri Lankan Ambassador to his city and wished him all the best for his tour of duty in Germany.
The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Germany, Karunatilaka Amunugama, has organized a Sri Lankan evening with the CTOUR in Berlin and Brandenburg on 24th September 2014 at his official residence in order to give the participants a real taste of Sri Lanka and to motivate them to give publicity to Sri Lanka as a unique destination for tourism. CTOUR is the association of travel journalists from Berlin and Brandenburg. Mr. Kaushal Senevirathne, Director Europe and North America of SriLankan Airlines, Maria Schledder, Sales Manager of Sri Lankan Airlines, Mr. Chalinda Samarasinghe, Director (Europe) of Siddhalepa, Mr. Grafenstein, a good friend of Sri Lanka and the person who initiated this event, and Ms. Sabine Eckhard, a film producer, joined the Embassy for a successful presentation of Sri Lanka to the participants of the event.
Sri Lankan Ambassador Karunatilaka Amunugama extended an invitation to the German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr. Gerd Mueller to visit Sri Lanka and thanked for the assistance extended by his Government.
Sri Lanka Ambassador Karunatilaka Amunugama has flagged off a motorcycle journey led by Feros Omar of Brandix Lanka Ltd from Brandenburg Gate, Berlin to Battaramulla, Colombo this morning. Feros Omar is accompanied by his wife Amina Omar as pillion rider.
The other Sri Lankan riders are Major Nalaka Buddhadasa, former Sri Lankan Army Major currently employed in the private sector, and Captain Kshmendra Weeratunga, a senior Captain and Flight Instructor of National Carrier Sri Lankan Air Lines. Foreign Riders are Nicholas Wilkinson, a British national, and Stephan Pietro, a German national, who is keen on motorcycle riding and co-founder of the former Ducati Berlin agent.