[:en]Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs of Sri Lanka visited the Ukraine
19th June 2008
Dr. Palitha Kohona, Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs of Sri Lanka visited the Ukraine on the 19th of June to first bilateral consultations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ukraine. On the 19th June, Dr. Kohona had fruitful discussions with Mr. Zamir Kabulov, Director of Second Asia Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and later with Hon. Aleksendar Gorin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukraine. Whilst welcoming the guests Hon. Gorin congratulated Sri Lanka on the rapid development following the military defeat of terrorism in Sri Lanka. At the meeting of Dr. Kohona with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukraine they noted the improvements in the Sri Lanka Ukraine Relations in recent years and agreed to work towards strengthening trade and economic relations.
H.E. Udayanga Weeratunga, Ambassador of Sri Lanka in the Ukraine and other diplomats were present at the occasion. Matters relating bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and the Ukraine such as increased bilateral political visits, trade and economic relations, defence and military cooperation as well as education, culture, and technological cooperation were discussed by the two parties at the meeting. Strong cooperation between Sri Lanka and Ukraine at multilateral forums was also noted with satisfaction.

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”313″ display=”basic_thumbnail”][:ru]Визит Секретаря министерства внешних дел г-н Палита Кохона в Украина
19 Июнь 2008
Секретарь Министерства Внешних Дел Шри Ланки Доктар Палита Кохона посетил Украина 19 июня 2008 года для проведения двусторонних переговоров с МИД Украина.
19 Июня состоялись успешные переговоры с Г-ном Алексендар Горин, Заместителем Министра Иностранных Дел Украина. На встрече также присутствовали Посол Шри Ланки Его Превосходительство Удаянга Виратунга и другие дипломаты. Приветствуя гостей Г- н Горинь поздравил Шри Ланку с быстрым экономическим развитием после победы над терроризмом в стране. На встрече обсуждались двусторонние отношения в области торговых и экономических дел, сотрудничества в сфере обороны и образования, культуры и технологий, увеличения двусторонних политических визитов. Также было отмечено тесное сотрудничество Шри Ланки и Украина на различных многосторонних форумах. На встрече с Г-ном Горинь, Заместителем Министра Иностранных Дел Украина было отмечено развитие двусторонних отношений в области экономики и было принято решение в дальнейшем укреплять сотрудничество в этой сфере.

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”313″ display=”basic_thumbnail”][:SI]විදේශ කටයුතු ලේකම් ආචාර්ය පාලිත කොහන යුක්රේනියාවේ සංචාරය
19 ජූනි 2008
Dr. Palitha Kohona, Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs of Sri Lanka visited the Ukraine on the 19th of June to first bilateral consultations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ukraine. On the 19th June, Dr. Kohona had fruitful discussions with Mr. Zamir Kabulov, Director of Second Asia Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and later with Hon. Aleksendar Gorin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukraine. Whilst welcoming the guests Hon. Gorin congratulated Sri Lanka on the rapid development following the military defeat of terrorism in Sri Lanka. At the meeting of Dr. Kohona with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukraine they noted the improvements in the Sri Lanka Ukraine Relations in recent years and agreed to work towards strengthening trade and economic relations.
H.E. Udayanga Weeratunga, Ambassador of Sri Lanka in the Ukraine and other diplomats were present at the occasion. Matters relating bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and the Ukraine such as increased bilateral political visits, trade and economic relations, defence and military cooperation as well as education, culture, and technological cooperation were discussed by the two parties at the meeting. Strong cooperation between Sri Lanka and Ukraine at multilateral forums was also noted with satisfaction.

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