Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane will lead Sri Lanka’s delegation to the Seventh Round of Bilateral Political Consultations between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, scheduled to be held in Islamabad on 30 July 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The Seventh Round of Bilateral Political Consultations will be co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane and the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi.
The Consultations are expected to review the current status of the bilateral relations and the progress achieved in areas of cooperation such as economic and trade, defence and security, education, culture, media and sports, consular matters, agriculture as well as technology.
On the sidelines of the Consultations, the Foreign Secretary is scheduled to call on the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, the statement said.
Sri Lanka’s delegation will also include the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Pakistan Admiral Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne and senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Islamabad.
The last (6th) round of Bilateral Political Consultations between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was held virtually in December 2020.
