Foreign envoys praise Lanka president for controlling COVID-19

COLOMBO: Foreign ambassadors have commended both President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka for successfully controlling the COVID–19 pandemic.

“Sri Lanka is so safe,” Ambassador of Korea Jeong Woonjin remarked during a meeting with the president.

German Ambassador Holger Lothar Seubert said he is pleased to be appointed as an envoy to Sri Lanka that has overcome the COVID–19 pandemic.

“We are not here to lecture you but to offer any possible assistance. We are certain that Sri Lanka is capable of choosing what needs to be done. We are ready to extend our cooperation to achieve development aspirations of Sri Lanka,” both German Ambassador Holger Lothar Seubert and Switzerland Ambassador Dominik Furgler said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa held a brief cordial conversation with the new ambassadors to Sri Lanka after their presentation of their credentials at the President’s House.

“Sri Lanka is located in a place of strategic importance. Therefore, our country is attracted to many parties. In this context, Sri Lanka has chosen neutrality as its foreign policy. Our top most priority is mutually beneficial development cooperation. This country is open for foreign investments,” President Rajapaksa said.

Ambassadors of Republic of Korea, Germany, Holy See and Switzerland presented their credentials to the President.

They are:

Mr. Jeong Woonjin – Ambassador- The Republic of Korea
Mr. Holger Lothar Seubert – Ambassador- The Federal Republic of Germany
Monsignor Brian Udaigwe – Apostolic Nuncio-designate of the Holy See
Mr. Dominik Furgler – Ambassador- Switzerland