Sri Lanka and Federation of Thai Industries Collaborates to Strengthen Economic Ties
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand, Wijayanthi Edirisinghe, met with Kriengkrai Thiennukul, Chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), on 10 th January 2025 to discuss enhancing trade, investment, tourism and industrial collaboration between Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Bangkok Meets with UNODC Regional Representative to Address Transboundary Human Trafficking Issues
The Ambassador and Permanent Representative E.A.S. Wijayanthi Edirisinghe met with the UNODC Regional Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Masood Karimipour on 09 th January 2025, to discuss the pressing issue of emerging transboundary human trafficking challenges in the region. Regional Representative was accompanied by Rebecca Miller, Regional Programme Coordinator for Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling. The First Secretary and the Head of Chancery A.W. S Samanmali also joined the discussion.
‘A group of 69 Sri Lankans including students, short term visitors who have been stranded nearly two months in various parts of Thailand and several others on humanitarian grounds were repatriated to Sri Lanka in a special Maldivian Airlines charter flight organized by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Bangkok on 17 May 2020. Sincere appreciation to Ministry of Foreign Relations, Sri Lanka, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka, Civil Aviation Authorities in Sri Lanka and Thailand, Royal Thai Embassy in Colombo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand, IOM Thailand, Sri Lanka Association in Thailand, Thai-Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce and all volunteers for supporting these Sri Lankans’ H.E. the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand
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