Ambassador of Sri Lanka Discusses Strengthening Local Governance and Cultural Bonds with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand and Permanent Representative to the UNESCAP Wijayanthi Edirisinghe, paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul, on 9 April 2025 at the Ministry of Interior in Bangkok.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya attends in 6th BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, participated in the 6th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit held in Bangkok, Thailand on 3–4 April 2025. The Summit, hosted under the theme of regional resilience and prosperity, brought together leaders of the seven BIMSTEC Member States to strengthen cooperation and chart a forward-looking agenda for the region.
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
