Colombo (News 1st): Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister on Economic Affairs Ajith Nivard Cabraal met with UK’s State Minister for Trade Policy, Conor Burns at the Department of International Trade, yesterday (Jan 28).

At the meeting where a wide range of initiatives relating to the improvement of trade and investment between the two countries were discussed, Minister Burns assured PM’s Senior Advisor Cabraal that the UK will not make any changes to its GSP plus concession policy framework until December 31st, 2020.

Cabraal also invited Minister Burns to arrange for a UK business delegation to visit Sri Lanka in the near future to ascertain for themselves, the opportunities that are now unfolding in Sri Lanka under the new government.

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