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.
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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