(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Sri Lanka briefed visiting EU Parliament members on the latest developments in the country.
Two European Union Parliamentary Members, Lord William Dartmouth and Geoffrey Van Orden, who are in Sri Lanka as members of the “Friends of Sri Lanka Group”, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera, at the latter’s office.
During the call both the parties exchanged views on matters of mutual interests and agreed to enhance bilateral trade and tourism cooperation, maximizing the benefits for Sri Lanka under the EU’s GSP+ facility.
Malik Samarawickrema, Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade, Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunge, Secretary to the Treasury and Ministry of Finance and Mass Media and Mano Tittawella, Senior Adviser to Finance Minister were also present.
The EU Parliamentarians also met the Tamil National Alliance during the visit.
