Prof Peiris addresses Ukraine-Sri Lanka Business Forum

During the official visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Ukraine, a meeting of the Ukraine-Sri Lanka Business Forum was held at the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine which was also attended by the Ukrainian President, Victor Yanukovitch.

The inaugural session of the Forum was presided over by both the Presidents and External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L.Peiris addressed the plenary session of the Forum on the theme, ‘Favourable Economic Situation to Enhance Mutual Economic Relationships’.

Prof. Peiris, who highlighted the friendly bilateral relations between the two countries existing in the spheres of trade and economy, mentioned the investment opportunities that have opened up in the tourism, fisheries, agriculture, industry and infrastructure development sectors specially in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces after the suppression of terrorism.

Prof. Peiris also informed the assembled businessmen of the high literacy rate in Sri Lanka and the outstanding quality of its human resources.

He also pointed out the favourable geographical location of the country, the free trade agreements that operate among Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan and the unified investment facilitation mechanism in the country as factors that would enhance and strengthen the economic relations between the two countries.