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Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand and Permanent Representative to UNESCAP, C.A. Chaminda I. Colonne and Dr. Pongthai Thaiyothin, the Deputy Director-General of the Department of Agriculture discuss on accessing Thai market of Sri Lankan fruits.
Ambassador Wijayanthi Edirisinghe Vice Chairs the Second Committee on Trade, Investment, Enterprise and Business Innovation of UNESCAP
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Wijayanthi Edirisinghe was one of the Vice Chairs of the Second Committee on Trade, Investment, Enterprise and Business Innovation, held from 28 to 30 May 2025 in Bangkok.
Sri Lanka–Thailand Medical Partnership to Deliver 71 Free Knee Surgeries
A special Buddhist fundraising event was held in support of a landmark humanitarian medical initiative aimed at enhancing access to orthopedic care in Sri Lanka.
On 20th December 2023, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand and Permanent Representative
to UNESCAP, C.A. Chaminda I. Colonne discussed with Dr. Pongthai Thaiyothin, the Deputy
Director-General of the Department of Agriculture on the progress of the consideration of the
application to open the market of 5 types of Sri Lankan fruits, namely fresh fire coconut, wood
apple, pineapple, dragon fruit, and Scotch Bonnet pepper at the Department of Agriculture of
Thailand.
Speedy implementation of the MoU on Agricultural Cooperation and MoU on cooperation on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures signed in 2004 were also discussed.
Director of International Agricultural Affairs Group, Margaret Yoovatana, Agricultural Research Officer, Senior Professional Level, Waranya Malee, Scientist, Senior Professional Level, Ngamjit Duangdee, and senior officials of the Department of Agriculture of Thailand, and First Secretary (Commercial), Vireshika Bandara of the mission joined the discussion.
Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka
Bangkok, Thailand
22.12.2023
Ambassador Wijayanthi Edirisinghe Vice Chairs the Second Committee on Trade, Investment, Enterprise and Business Innovation of UNESCAP
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Wijayanthi Edirisinghe was one of the Vice Chairs of the Second Committee on Trade, Investment, Enterprise and Business Innovation, held from 28 to 30 May 2025 in Bangkok.
Sri Lanka–Thailand Medical Partnership to Deliver 71 Free Knee Surgeries
A special Buddhist fundraising event was held in support of a landmark humanitarian medical initiative aimed at enhancing access to orthopedic care in Sri Lanka.