The Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will pay an official visit to Sri Lanka between 14th and 15th June 2016. The Minister will be received by H.E. President Maithripala Sirisena, Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, and the Hon. Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya. He will also hold bilateral talks with the Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Mangala Samaraweera, and Hon. Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade, Malik Samarawickrama. Further, a MoU on cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka on diplomatic training, exchange of information and documentation is expected to be signed.

This first ever visit of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey to Sri Lanka will provide an opportunity to evaluate the bilateral relationsand cooperation between Turkey and Sri Lanka.