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This is a list of presidential international trips made by Ranil Wickremesinghe, the 9th and current President of Sri Lanka since 21 July 2022. Wickremesinghe, then Prime Minister, meets with Narendra Modi in New Delhi, October 2018.
Sri Lanka: 4 February 1948 Asia: Southern Asia: 22,,811 Unitary semi-presidential republic Joined as the Dominion of Ceylon, subsequently changing its name in 1972. Became a republic in 1972 Tanzania: 9 December 1961 Africa: Eastern Africa: 67,438,106 Unitary presidential republic
Current President of Sri Lanka (since 2022) Leader of the United National Party (since 1994) Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1993–1994, 2001–2004, 2015–2019, 2022) 8 April 2023 Wickremesinghe has not officially declared his candidacy, even though his party has unofficially announced it. Sajith Premadasa (57) Samagi Jana Balawegaya
The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road ( Chinese: 21世纪海上丝绸之路 ), commonly just Maritime Silk Road ( MSR ), is the sea route part of the Belt and Road Initiative which is [1] a Chinese strategic initiative to increase investment and foster collaboration across the historic Silk Road. [2] [3] [4]
The 2022 Sri Lankan protests, commonly known as Aragalaya ( Sinhala: අරගලය, lit. 'The Struggle'), were a series of mass protests that began in March 2022 against the government of Sri Lanka. The government was heavily criticized for mismanaging the Sri Lankan economy, which led to a subsequent economic crisis involving severe ...
Sri Lanka is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon
This is a list of current heads of state and heads of government. In some cases, mainly in presidential systems, there is only one leader being both head of state and head of government. In other cases, mainly in semi-presidential and parliamentary systems, the head of state and the head of government are different people. In semi-presidential and parliamentary systems, the head of government ...
e. Foreign relations of Sri Lanka refers to the diplomatic and commercial relations between Sri Lanka and other countries. Sri Lanka has stressed its principle of "friendship towards all, enmity towards none" in its diplomacy. Sri Lanka since the 1950s has followed a non-aligned foreign policy and does not take sides with major powers. [1]