Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry has departed the island to participate in the 22nd Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Meeting (CFAMM) in the United Kingdom.

The CFAMM is scheduled to be held at the Commonwealth Headquarters at Marlborough House in London on Wednesday (March 15).

Ahead of the CFAMM, the lawmaker will attend the Commonwealth Day celebrations, which also marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Commonwealth Charter that outlines the values and aspirations uniting the Commonwealth member countries.

The member states will also support the “Commonwealth of Nations Flag for Peace” initiative in symbolizing these values. The celebrations will end with a reception hosted by King Charles III to the visiting foreign ministers.

This year’s CFAMM will engage the foreign ministers in discussing joint responses to shared challenges such as the need to build resilience for peaceful and sustainable societies, climate financing for environmental sustainability and leveraging intra -commonwealth trade and digital connectivity for economic recovery, food, and energy security.

On the sidelines of these events, Minister Sabry will call on the James Cleverly, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth Development Affairs (FCDO), have bilateral meetings with Patricia Scotland KC, Secretary General of the Commonwealth; Ann Marie Trevelyan, Minister of State for Indo-Pacific FCDO; and Lord Mervyn Davies of Abersoch, Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Sri Lanka.

Minister Sabry will also participate in an afternoon tea hosted by Lord Naseby at the House of Commons and deliver remarks on Sri Lanka’s relations with the UK to a cross section of British Parliamentarians organized by the Sri Lanka High Commission in London together with Sri Lanka Tea Board.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda (also the Commonwealth Chair in Office), Kenya, Pakistan and Malaysia are expected to have bilateral talks with Minister Sabry during his visit to London.