Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2014-07-24 |
Official Visit by His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Seychelles - a delegation led by H.E. the President paid an official visit to Seychelles on an invitation extended by H.E. the President of Seychelles recently. The leaders of the two countries had held extensive discussions followed by delegation?level talks on bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interests. H.E. the President of Seychelles had also assured his country's fullest assistance for Sri Lanka's application for membership in the Vanilla Islands Organization, in which Seychelles is an active member state, to promote tourism among Indian Ocean Islands. The two leaders, after the bilateral discussions had jointly declared open the Sri Lanka High Commission, Branches of the Bank of Ceylon and Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation in Seychelles. The above information was furnished to the Cabinet by Hon. (Prof.) G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs and covering approval of the Cabinet was also granted for the following Agreements concluded during the visit which comes under the purview of the Ministry of External Affairs: |
