Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana has called on Sri Lankan diplomats to uplift Sri Lanka’s image overseas through the execution of public diplomacy to good effect.
Minister Marapana made these remarks on January 11 at the certificate awarding ceremony of the long Public Diplomacy and Media Relations training programme, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI).
Addressing the gathering, Minister Marapana stressed the importance of portraying Sri Lanka's image overseas as a civilized nation of kind people with an abundance of talent.
"That message has to be given loud and clear" the Minister said.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha said that Foreign Affairs has a pivotal role to play in public diplomacy both at home and abroad.
Senior officials of the Foreign Ministry and its affiliated institutions, officials of the Sri Lanka Press Institute and the Sri Lanka College of Journalism and resource persons of the training programme attended the ceremony.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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