tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19433012060149942762024-02-19T15:09:50.517+05:30DEFENCE COLUMN - ZOOMING IN ON SRI LANKATHE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF DEFENCE NEWS AND RELATED ARTICLESUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943301206014994276.post-52508983052632227432009-05-13T07:09:00.000+05:302009-05-13T07:12:55.762+05:30Foreign Minister underscores Sri Lanka’s multi-faceted relationship with the EU<div align="justify">(May 12, Colombo, <strong>Sri Lanka Guardian</strong>) Sri Lanka values its historical and multi-faceted relationship with the European Union (EU) covering a number of areas of mutually beneficial cooperation, which has now developed into a robust partnership. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama made these remarks when an EU-Troika delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Madam Helena Bambasova, representing the incumbent Presidency of the EU called on him at the Foreign Ministry today (12 May 2009), prior to the official talks with the Sri Lankan delegation. <a href="http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/05/foreign-minister-underscores-sri-lankas.html"><strong>Full text</strong> </a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://defencecolumn.com/">Home</a><br /><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://defencecolumnvideos.blogspot.com/">Videos</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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