The Ambassador of Sri Lanka, H.E. Karunatilaka Amunugama, came to the German Parliament in Berlin to see 12 taxies decorated with different images, depicting eight themes of Sri Lanka Tourism, on 18 August 2014. As part of the Sri Lanka’s Tourism Promotion Bureau promotional campaign an overall of 75 branded taxi will operate in Germany’s capital.
At the Sri Lankan Embassy in Rome, External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris met with several of the country's Ambassadors in the region for a comprehensive review of their work.
Ambassador Karunatilaka Amunugama had a fruitful meeting with Dr. Michael Bornmann, Member of the Management Board, and senior officials of the DEG Bank at the Head Quarters of the DEG Bank in Cologne on 15.08.2014. The DEG Bank has been making investment and co – financing identified industrial and financial institutions in Sri Lanka for past 30 years.
Consul General of Sri Lanka for Frankfurt Mr. Pradip Jayewardene and Mr. G.L. Gnanatheva, First Secretary (Commerce) accompanied the Ambassador.
Book in German on the rules for Buddhist monks "BHIKKHU-VIBHANGA - Die Einteilung der Vorschriften für Buddhistische Mönche", a translation from Pali by the German Buddist monk Santuttho, was handed over to H.E. the Ambassador of Sri Lanka, Karunatilaka Amunugama, by him at the Embassy on Thursday, 7th August 2014.
Ambassador designate of Sri Lanka, H.E. Karunatilaka Amunugama, arrived in Germany on 25th July 2014. Ambassador Amunugama, a former Secretary to the to the Ministry of External Affairs, is a seasoned diplomat who served as Ambassador of Sri Lanka in the Kingdom of Thailand, Japan and the People’s Republic of China.
The tenure of H.E. Ambassador Sarrath Kongahage, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Federal Republic of Germany and concurrently accredited to Switzerland, ended in late July. He left Germany for his new assignment as High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in South Africa.
The German Federal Foreign Ministry hosted a luncheon at the fashionable “Bocca di Bacco”-restaurant in the centre of Berlin to bid farewell for Ambassador Sarath Kongahage on the conclusion of his tour of duty as Sri Lankan Ambassador for Germany.
Present were among others Mr. Peter Pruegel, Regional Director of the Foreign Office for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Fabian Richter, Desk Officer for Sri Lanka at the Foreign Office, and Mr. Jens Ploetner, former German Ambassador to Sri Lanka and current Head of Office of the Federal Foreign Minister.