Ambassador and Permanent Representative C.A. Chaminda I Colonne delivers a Special address at the “1st Asia Pacific E-Commerce Policy Summit” in New Delhi
At the invitation of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand and Permanent Representative to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), C. A. Chaminda I. Colonne recently delivered a Special Address in the Inaugural Session of the “1st Asia Pacific E-Commerce Policy Summit” which was jointly organized by ICRIER and United Nations ESCAP South and South West Asia Office in New Delhi, at the India Habitat Centre (IHC) in New Delhi.
Ambassador of Sri Lanka and Permanent Representative to UNESCAP, Chaminda Colonne Chairs the 80th Commission Session of the UNESCAP and launches “Cooperation with Impact – Launch of the Technical Cooperation Highlights 2022-2023”
Ambassador of Sri Lanka and Permanent Representative to UNESCAP, C. A. Chaminda I. Colonne, led the Sri Lanka Delegation to the 80th Commission Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, (UNESCAP) from 22nd to 26th April 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, under the theme “Leveraging digital innovation for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific” and elected as a Vice Chair of the Bureau for the 80th Commission.
Sri Lanka pavilion was opened by H.E the Ambassador, Mrs. Samantha K. Jayasuriya on 04 September 2019.FHT-Thailand’s leading trade-only food and hospitality exhibitionwas held from 04 – 07 September 2019 at BITEC Exhibition Centre, Bangkok with the participation of 550 exhibitors from 40 countries with 11 International Pavilions from China, Denmark, EU, Italy, Japan, Korea,and Sri Lanka and the exporters were able to make useful links to explore potentials in beverage sector in Thailand and into the larger ASEAN market.
The Embassy also simultaneously facilitated the investment promotion mission by the Board of Investment (BOI) to Thailand from 3-5 September 2019.The delegation led by Dr. HarashaSubasinghe, a member of the Board comprised Ms. Nilupul De Silva, Director (Investment Promotion) and Mr. Sudath J. Jayasekara, Assistant Director (Investment Promotion),was joined by Ambassador H.E. Mrs. Samantha K. Jayasuriya and First Secretary ( Commerce) Mr. Anil Sirimanne, where they held useful investment promotional discussions with the members of Thai Chamber of Commerce, Thai Gem and Jewelry Trade Association, Thai National Shipping Council, Thai Italian Chamber of Commerce and other individual investors/consultant. The discussions with the Siam Cement Group (SCG)focused on sharing views on further enhancing investment opportunities into new areas identified by both Sri Lanka and SCG.
On 5 September 2019, at an event hosted by the Embassy, the BOI delegation met and held an interactive discussion with the Thai-Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce on opportunities to invest in Sri Lanka, while the exhibitors to the FHT-2019 beverage sector of Sri Lanka also joined the discussion sharing their views on prospects in investing and establishing joint ventures in Thailand and in exploring similar opportunities available in Sri Lanka to start joint investments.The discussion was followed by a reception jointly hosted by the Embassy and the Thai-Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce.
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Bangkok
09 September 2019