State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Tore Hattrem, will be in the island from May 31 to June 2, Foreign Affairs ministry said.
The State Secretary will meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera on 31 May and discussions are expected to take place on follow-up to the visit of Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende in January this year.
State Secretary Hattrem will also meet the Leader of Opposition R. Sampanthan, Minister for development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama, Minister for Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage Rauff Hakeem, and the Secretary General of the Secretariat for Reconciliation Mechanisms Mano Tittawella.
He will visit Jaffna on 1st June where he will meet the Governor of the Northern Province Reginald Cooray and Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran. Hattrem had served as Ambassador to Sri Lanka from 2007 to 2010.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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