Ceylon Chamber reinforces business ties with Korea
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in
Seoul on April 24 at the "Korea - Sri Lanka Business Forum" during the
state visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Moon Jae-do, Vice Minister of Knowledge and Economy, Kim Ho
Yung, Chairman, Korea-Sri Lanka Economic Cooperation Committee,
Sohn Kyung Shik, Chairman and CEO, Korea Chamber of Commerce and
Industries (KCCI), Daya Weththasinghe,
representative, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), Mahen
Kariyawasan, President, Sri Lanka – Korea Economic Co-operation
Committee and Tissa Wijeratne, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in Korea. |
"With the signing of this agreement and the support of the Sri Lanka
- Korea Economic Co-operation Committee (SLKECC) I'm confident that the
trade relation will grow from strength to strength for the mutual
benefit of our two countries" said Daya Weththasinghe, representing the
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
This was the CCC's 96th MoU signed with leading business support
organizations and Chambers around the world.
"The MoU signed by the KCCI and CCC will further expand the
relationship between Sri Lanka and Korea to develop trade, investment
and tourism. There is no doubt that many new avenues will open for
employment opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled workers in Korea as a
result of this state visit.
May we extend our sincere invitation for you to consider organizing
trade missions to Sri Lanka regularly in future" said Mahen Kariyawasan,
President of the Sri Lanka - Korea Economic Co-operation Committee.
The Sri Lanka - Korea Economic Co-operation Committee was established
in 1982 and it is one of the twenty-one Business Councils that function
under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. The focus of
bilateral business councils is to promote trade between two countries,
attract Foreign Direct Investments from and to Sri Lanka and to promote
tourism. The Patron of the SLKECC is the Ambassador for Korea in Sri
Lanka.
An eleven member business delegation representing the SLKECC and the
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will also be participating at the business
forum that will be organized by the Busan Chamber of Commerce and
Industry on 26th April 2012 in Busan. During the last six months there
have been a number of trade promotion missions between Sri Lanka and
Korea indicating the growing business interest prevailing between the
two countries. At present the trade balance is in favour of Korea. |
