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Six foreign envoys present credentials to President
Two High Commissioners, three Ambassadors and an Apostolic Nuncio-designate of the Holy See presented their credentials to Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (20).
Six Newly Appointed Envoys Present Credentials to Sri Lankan President
by Zulfick Farzan 20-04-2026 | 2:31 PMCOLOMBO (News 1st); The President (20) formally accepted credentials presented by four newly appointed Ambassadors and two High Commissioners at the Presidential Secretariat.Those who presented their credentials were Vincent Sumale, High Commissioner of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea;Abdullahi Mohammed Odowa, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia;Christian Biever, Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;Monsignor Andrzej Józwowicz, Apostolic Nuncio of the Vatican;Major General (Retired) Nayyar Naseer, High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; and Saleh Mubarak Al-Sarawi, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait.Extending warm congratulations to all six envoys, the President invited them to work together to further strengthen bilateral relations between their respective countries and Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Energy Minister Resigns Over Coal Import Row
By Shakir Husain HYDERABAD, April 17 (Bernama) -- Sri Lanka's Power and Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody resigned on Friday over a coal import controversy. The minister tendered his resignation to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to "facilitate an impartial and independent investigation to be conducted by the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the coal import process", the ...
Vice President CP Radhakrishnan meets Sri Lankan President Dissanayake
During the visit, the Vice President is scheduled to meet Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, and the Leader of the Opposition, along with representatives of Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian-origin Tamil political groups.
