Mr. Romesh Jayasinghe, the new Foreign Secretary
Mr. Romesh Jayasinghe, a senior Foreign Service
Officer who is currently the High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in New
Delhi has been appointed by H. E. the President as the new Foreign
Secretary with effect from 1st October 2009. Mr. Jayasinghe will succeed
Dr. Palitha Kohona, the current Foreign Secretary who has been appointed
as Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New
York.
An Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam, who was also Sri Lanka's Permanent
Representative to the United Nations in New York, has been nominated to
succeed Mr. Jayasinghe as Sri Lanka's High Commissioner in New Delhi.
Sri Lanka's former High Commissioner to the United
Kingdom and currently a Director General of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Mrs. Kshenuka Senewiratne, has been appointed as Sri Lanka's
Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
There have been several other nominations as Heads of
Missions, which are as follows:
1. Mrs. C. Wagiswara, An Additional Secretary of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and previously Sri Lanka's
Ambassador in Paris, as High Commissioner designate to Canada.
2. Mr. Ahamed. A. Jawad, a Director General of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and previously Sri Lanka's Ambassador in
Norway, as Ambassador designate to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
3. Mr. Sarath Weragoda, Senior Attorney at Law as
Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
4. Air Chief Marshall Donald Perera, former Chief
of Defence Staff, as Ambassador designate to Israel.
5. Mr. Dixon Dela Bandara, former Governor of the
Northern Province as High Commissioner designate to the Maldives.
6. Mr. Bennet Cooray, former Deputy Minister as
Ambassador designate to the Philippines.
7. Mr. Sarath Wijesinghe, Attorney at Law as
Ambassador designate to the United Arab Emirates.
Courtesy: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Colombo
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