Sri Lanka opened on Monday its honorary consulate in Kurdistan Region’s capital, Erbil. According to media reports the establishment of the consulate office was announced in a meeting between Falah Mustafa, Kurdistan Region’s Foreign Minister, and Niranjan Asoka Ranasinghe, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Iraq.
Ahmed Jalaladdin was assigned as the first Sri Lankan envoy to the Kurdistan Region.
Ranasinghe hoped that the opening of his country’s diplomatic mission would be the beginning of strong relations between Kurdistan Region and Sri Lanka.
Mustafa, in return, welcomed the developed ties with Sri Lanaka, and offered his government’s support for the new diplomatic mission, Base News reported.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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