The Japanese government welcomes the Sri Lankan government’s commitment through political and other efforts to implement (fully) the 13th Amendment to the Constitution (devolution through provincial councils) and establish democracy in the country, said Koyoshi Araki, Japanese Ambassador in Sri Lanka last week.
Speaking as the Guest of Honour at the 50th AGM of the National Chamber of Comerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) held in Colombo, he said he hopes that such an era would dawn to Sri Lanka Mr Araki said that the global economic turbulence would continue and the country’s economy for the first half of last year was affected due to the increase in the petroleum product prices.
He said that most of the countries of the world including, Japan are struggling still to recover from the adverse phenomena of global economic turbulence and Sri Lanka is not immune from this crisis.
He said that the Japanese government and the NCCSL are involved in promoting business activities and there are 60 Japanese companies established in Sri Lanka making an enormous contribution to the economy of Sri Lanka, through employment and promoting exports while also engaged in transferring technology, etc.
D. Eassuwaren, President, NCCSL said that the NCCSL provides different opportunities for its members that are essential to promote their business interests. He said the NCCSL arranges Sri Lankan trade delegations to visit other countries and also arrange for its members to meet foreign visiting trade delegations to Sri Lanka in an effort to improve business and contacts.
Prof G L Peiris, Minister of Enterprises Development and International Trade, speaking as Chief Guest said that the NCCSL during its 50 years has made a tremendous contribution to the economic development of the country.
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