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Prez keen to speed up implementation of SLSFTA – State Minister
The Foreign Ministry, in a statement issued yesterday (06), quoted State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya as having informed Singapore’s Senior Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Sim Ann, of President Ranil Wickremesinghe desire to implement the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA).
State Minister Balasuriya was on a short transit visit to Singapore on Dec. 07.
The Foreign Ministry said that they held wide-ranging discussions on augmenting bilateral relations with a specific focus on trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.
The Minister also met with the Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore, Dr. Janil Puthucheary, and discussed additional employment opportunities for Sri Lankans, in the healthcare sector there, and cooperation between the two sides on the information technology sphere.