Ambassador Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a dialogue between visiting Sri Lankan State Minister of Technology, Kanaka Herath, and members of the Sri Lankan community drawn from the field of information technology (IT), entrepreneurs and professionals resident in the United States. The meeting was held on Friday, 08 March 2024 at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C. and was convened with the objectives of encouraging investment in IT-based industries in Sri Lanka by sharing the vision and progress towards developing the digital economy and society of Sri Lanka, engagement with Sri Lankans in the U.S. on the planned global summit on digital development in June 2024 under the aegis of “DIGIECON 2030” initiative and by receiving ideas and views of Sri Lankans in the U.S. on how they might contribute to the digital development of Sri Lanka.
As part of a series of events being organized by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Cairo to commemorate the 76th Anniversary of Sri Lanka's Independence and in accordance with the economic diplomacy initiative, a Sri Lanka Tourism promotional event was organized in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia on 08th February 2024 in collaboration with the Honorary Consulate of Sri Lanka in Tunisia. The objective of this promotional event was to enhance awareness about Sri Lanka among the key players in the Tunisian travel and tourism market and to project Sri Lanka as a new travel destination among the potential outbound tourists of Tunisia.
