A. K. MALLIMARATCHI ASSUMES DUTY AS SL ENVOY IN ZAMBIA

Sri Lanka High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa Anuruddha Kumara Mallimaratchi presented Letters of Credence to President of the Republic of Zambia Edgar Chagwa Lungu, at a Ceremony

held recently at the State House in Lusaka. While conveying warm wishes from the President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena to the President and the People of the Republic of Zambia, High Commissioner Mallimaratchi expressed his desire to enhance the bilateral ties between the two countries. High Commissioner Mallimaratchi stated that Sri Lanka has obtained accreditation status in African Union in 2014 as a non-african State to enhance the cooperation between Sri Lanka and the African region.