Committee on High Posts Endorses Six New Ambassadors

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Committee on High Posts which met recently in the Parliament has given its approval for the appointment of six new Ambassadors, a High Commissioner, two Ministry Secretaries and a Chairman of a statutory body. 

Accordingly, the Committee on High Posts has approved the appointments of :

S.A.P.P. Seram as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Indonesia 

R.S.K Azard as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the State of Qatar.

S.K. Gunasekara as the Sri Lankan ambassador to the Russian Federation 

A.S.K. Senaviratne as the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt

N.M Shaheed as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Islamic Republic of Iran 

Y.K. Gunasekara as the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain 

S.P Walpita Gamage as the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to New Zealand.

In addition to that, the recommendation of the Committee on High Posts has been given for the appointment of .K.P Chandrakirthi as the Secretary to the Ministry of Environment and the appointment of S Weerasinghe as the Secretary to the Ministry of Industry.

Furthermore, the Committee on High Posts has also recommended the appointment of Dr. D.T.K Bernard as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board.