P'ment committee approves new Secretaries, Ambassadors

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Committee on High Posts has approved the appointments of Two Secretaries to Ministries, One Secretary to a State Ministry, and Three Ambassadors.

The Committee on High Posts is chaired by Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.

Accordingly, Jayantha Michael De Silva was approved as the Secretary to the Ministry of Technology, D.M.L. Bandaranayake was approved as the Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, and Major General (Retd) W.P.P. Fernando was approved as the Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management.

In addition, the decision of the Foreign Ministry to appoint Savitri Panabokke as the New Ambassador to the Republic of Korea was approved by the Parliamentary Committee on High Posts.

At the same time approval was given to appoint Ahmed Lebbe Sabarullah Khan as the New Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Sultanate of Oman.

Moreover, approval was given to appoint S. H. U. Dissanayake as the New Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey.