Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met with Singapore’s Minister of Trade and Industry, S. Eswaran at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore today (02) for discussions on strengthening the bilateral trade and investments.
During the discussion both the Sri Lankan Premier and Singapore Minister stressed the need to strengthen trade and economic relations between the two countries based on the Free Trade Agreement signed between Singapore and Sri Lanka earlier this year.
Mr. Eswaran also noted that the Government of Singapore was grateful for Premier Wickremesinghe’s contribution to finalize the Free Trade Agreement between Singapore and Sri Lanka.
Discussions were also held on the possibility of taking expeditious steps to facilitate the business affairs of the investors as there are a number of Singapore investors expecting to invest in Sri Lanka as a result of the FTA between the two countries.
The Premier is in Singapore to participate in this year’s first Investor forum ‘Invest Sri Lanka’ held today at the Four Season’s Hotel. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe delivered the keynote address at the Forum today.
