Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will be in the Philippines for a five-day state visit to the Philippines next week.
Undersecretary Elmer Cato was quoted by the publication as saying President Sirisena will visit the country from January 15 to January 19 on the invitation of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
Cato said the President Duterte would meet President Sirisena on January 16 to hold bilateral meetings “on areas of mutual interest, including political, economic, cultural and people-to-people engagement.”
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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