Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ms Frances Adamson will visit Colombo from 31 August to 2 September 2017, Australian High Commission in Colombo said today.
The visit by Ms Adamson follows the official visit to Sri Lanka by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in July and Minister for International Development Fierravanti-Wells in April, and the visits to Australia this year by President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and others.
Ms Adamson is participating in the 2nd Indian Ocean Conference, where she will discuss the need to build peace, prosperity and a rules-based order in the Indian Ocean region during a panel on ‘Peace’ on September 1.
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.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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