Ravinatha Aryasinha Archives

NCE highlights need to develop and sustain coconut-based products to USA Source:FT The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka, addressing numerous issues faced by its members, instigated a series of webinars under the theme ‘Grow beyond traditional markets’ in collaboration with Sri Lankan foreign missions. The main objective of this initiative is to assist exporters to reach new markets and identify emerging demand for various products and services, under the new normal by global consumers. Keeping abreast with the program, the Chamber conducted two webinars recently, in coordination with the Sri Lankan Embassy in USA and India Business Group, a Chamber of Commerce based in Mumbai. The webinar with the US Embassy was mainly focused on improving market access for Sri Lankan coconut and coconut-based products. Representing the US Embassy, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha made the opening remarks. He highlighted the need to support the Sri Lankan SME exporters in ...

Foreign Secretary speaks on Sri Lankan missions and expatriate issues during COVID-19 crisis SOURCE:-Daily FT Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha Following are excerpts from comments by Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha during a recent interview with a private television station Initial challenge in handling COVID-19 outbreak in China Q: As Sri Lanka combats to eliminate the health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic along with the rest of the countries across the globe, we thought of speaking to Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka whose missions across the countries of the world have been in the forefront of dealing with expatriate issues. A warm welcome to you Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary who was formerly Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Foreign Secretary, let’s start off talking about the work of the Sri Lankan missions overseas since the start of this crisis. The Foreign Ministry had to be at the epicentre of where ...