Baghdad mission to open soon

Chaminda PERERA

The Government will soon re-establish the Sri Lanka mission in Baghdad which was closed in 2003 following the American invasion of Iraq.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved a memorandum submitted by Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama for the recommencement of diplomatic ties between Iraq and Sri Lanka. The United Left Front Government led by former Premier Sirimavo Bandaranaike first established a mission in Iraq in 1962.

The Cabinet also gave a nod for the setting up of a Sri Lankan mission in Tripoli.

The Government expects that diplomatic ties between Libya and Sri lanka would benefit both countries in many ways.