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Sri Lanka briefs Solheim on ongoing reconciliation process

Sri Lanka has briefed Norwegian peace envoy and now United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim on the ongoing reconciliation process. Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Kenya Sunil de Silva presented his Letter of Appointment as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) to Solheim, the Foreign Ministry said today. Solheim had been designated by the UN Headquarters to accept Letters of Appointment in the absence of th

21 Aug, 2018

Hambantota port officials insist Navy will be in charge of security

Officials at the?Hambantota port insisted that the Navy will be in charge of security at the port and not the Chinese. A group of journalists were taken on a visit to the port to see first hand some aspects of the port and to be briefed on future operations. Local officials working with the Chinese company operating the port said that the port security is in the hands of the Sri Lanka Navy. Officials also insisted that the Chinese had no issue working with the Sri Lanka Navy at the Hambantota

20 Aug, 2018

US wants to work with India on Sri Lanka and other countries

The United States has said that it wants to work with India on Sri Lanka and other countries in the region. Principal US Deputy Assistant Secretary Alice Wells said that?Washington wants to work together with New Delhi and identify projects whether they be in Sri Lanka or Nepal. “One of the great new elements of our relationship with India is that we are working in third countries,” she said as she cited the example of the assistance and developmental level work with India in Africa on health-

21 Aug, 2018