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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.
Auramon Supthaweethum, the department’s director-general, said the two-day negotiations will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The second round of negotiations were supposed to take place in 2018, but the discussions were put on hold for four years due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing restructuring of Sri Lanka’s government agencies.
Thailand’s committee at the talks will negotiate rules on bilateral trade, such as regulations on the origin of goods, standard of service, investments, customs and trade facilitation, she said.
Ms Auramon said the negotiations are expected to wrap up in the next 1-2 years.
Between January and November last year, the value of Thai-Sri Lankan trade stood at US$334.31 million (about 11.2 billion baht).
Thailand exported goods worth US$253 million to Sri Lanka, such as natural rubber, clothes, gems, ornaments, plastic pellets, machines and their parts.
Meanwhile, Thailand imported goods worth US$ 81.31 million from Sri Lanka, such as gems, diamonds, machine parts, clothes, plants and its products and chemicals.
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.
