Bahrain promises new investors
Bahrain Finance Minister Sheikh Ahmed bin Mahammad Ali said yesterday
that his country will direct new investors to Sri Lanka.
He said so when he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister D M
Jayaratne at Visumpaya yesterday.
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Prime Minister D M Jayaratne with Bahrain Finance Minister
Sheikh Ahmed bin Mahammad Al Khalifa. |
Their talks also centered on a variety of issues pertaining to ties
between the two countries.
The talks also dealt on starting new projects aimed at Sri Lanka's
economic development.
The Bahrain Finance Minister pointed out that Sri Lanka could achieve
its economic targets through the tourist industry as the country's
situation had returned to normality. Prime Minister Jayaratne said that
there were certain wrong beliefs in the international arena about Sri
Lanka and said it was pathetic that certain foreign powers were
obstructing the government's development initiatives at a time when the
country was striving to achieve economic targets after defeating 30
years of terrorism.
The Prime Minister said the government's aim was to direct the entire
population on the development path, setting aside religious and racial
differences.
Prime Minister's Secretary Anuradha Jayaratne and Foreign Ministry
officials were also present. |
