COLOMBO, 06 September 2021, (TON): The Ambassador of Italy to Sri Lanka Rita Giuliana Manella paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris at the Foreign Ministry.
The Ambassador extended her warm felicitations to Minister Peiris on his recent appointment as Foreign Minister. Minister Peiris appreciated the strong, friendly, mutually beneficial partnership existing between Sri Lanka and Italy spanning political, economic and cultural relations. The potential for further expansion of trade and investment ties, tourism and people-to-people contacts were discussed.
The Foreign Minister alluded to the positive contribution by the Sri Lankan community in Italy towards economic and cultural enrichment of both countries, as well as the recorded history of strong diplomatic ties that existed between Sri Lanka and Rome since 1st century AD.
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