Sri Lanka President stresses need for new foreign policies
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed the need for the drafting of a new foreign policy which would enable Sri Lanka to forge broader foreign relations while safeguarding its sovereignty.
There will be economic plans as well as the security objectives and the climate change objectives that the country has to fulfil. This will depend on how the newly appointed Heads of Missions perform.
However, the President emphasized that the most important objective is to build on the contacts within the respective country and to safeguard the rights of Sri Lankans overseas and also help the diaspora but not to get involved in the politics of the Sri Lankan diaspora.
The President also mentioned that Sri Lanka will have a Sri Lankan Diaspora Office to deal with the political issues that the diaspora has and they can be addressed by the new office.
President Wickremesinghe made these remarks while instructing the ten newly appointed Sri Lankan Ambassadors and a High Commissioner who paid a courtesy call on the President at the Presidential Secretariat prior to leaving for their missions, on Wednesday (January 04).
Furthermore, the President said that the Foreign Ministry is currently formulating a draft of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy and Foreign Service for 2030 which is expected to get the approval from the Cabinet and the Parliament.
President Wickremesinghe said the Department of Commerce will be replaced by an International Trade office since a lot of work in many areas pertains to trade that will benefit the economy.
Therefore, an International Trade Office will be an important part of this. The President also emphasized the need to strengthen the relationship between the respective countries and expand trade, investment, tourism, economic, political, security, agriculture, employment opportunities, labour, skilled migration, education and marine issues.
(President’s Media)
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Sir,
You have been in office since 22 July 2022 (almost 6 months).
Now you are talking about new Foreign Policies.
You have had a smart, globe trotting FM. In the First Cabinet meeting after assumption office, did you not request review of Foreign Policy and proposed changes?
Why is this initiative coming out after 6 months?
Sir, to be efficient in an office, one has be be effective.
NON-ALIGN, NON-ALIGN and NON-ALIGN. It allows to beg from everybody and continue the lifestyle since 1948.