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    <pre style="white-space:pre-line"><code>Sri Lanka Showcases
Tea, Tourism and Trade

                                                                                          The Second IOC was chaired by Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil
                                                                                          Wickremesinghe. Minister Balakrishnan delivered welcome remarks at the
                                                                                          inaugural session on 31st August 2017.

                                                                             Meet in Sri Lanka MICE Promotion Held in Singapore

Singapore Foreign Minister Visits Sri Lanka                                     The MICE promotion event Meet in Sri Lanka was held at Singaporeâ€™s
                                                                                Orchard Hotel on 11th October 2017. The event was organized by the
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan made an introductory       Sri Lanka Convention Bureau in collaboration with the Sri Lanka High
visit to Sri Lanka from 17th to 20th July 2017. He visited Colombo and          Commission and the Sri Lankan Airlines office in Singapore.
Jaffna.
In Colombo, Minister Balakrishnan called on President Maithripala Sirisena
and was hosted to a dinner by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Ravi Karunanayake,         Divided into two sessions, visiting Sri Lankan companies held one-to-one
and Minister Balakrishnan held official bilateral talks on a range of areas of  meetings with Singaporeâ€™s corporate sector companies in the morning, and
mutual interest at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka.                then with the Singapore travel trade companies in the evening. Nine Sri
He also witnessed the signing of a MOU between the Singapore Red Cross          Lankan companies namely, Delair Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Exemplary Voyages Pvt
and the Sri Lankan Red Cross on relief and rehabilitation programmes in Sri     Ltd, Serendib Leisure Management Ltd, Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo Lanka
Lanka.                                                                          Sportreizen, MÃ¶venpick Hotel Colombo, The Jetwing family of Companies,
In Jaffna, Minister Balakrishnan participated in a handover ceremony for a      World Travel Centre and Nkar Travels & Tours (Pvt) Limited participated in
donation of books from the Singapore National Library Board to the Jaffna       the sessions.
Public Library and officiated the launch of a Lee Foundation - SingHealth       High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Nimal Weeraratne and the Chairman of
Orthopaedic Development Programme at the University of Jaffna.                  the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau, Prema Cooray, addressed the gathering
                                                                                at the inaugural
Foreign Minister Balakrishnan Attends Second Indian Ocean                       session.
Conference (IOC) in Colombo                                                     Sri Lanka was
                                                                                highlighted as a
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan visited Sri Lanka from     MICE destination
31st August to 1st September 2017 to attend the Second Indian Ocean             featuring well
Conference (IOC), in Colombo, in his capacity as Co Vice-Chair of the           equipped boutique
Organising Committee.                                                           and star-class
                                                                                hotels backed
                                                                                by the necessary
                                                                                infrastructure,
                                                                                airline connectivity,
                                                                                and professional
                                                                                partnership with
                                                                                highly qualified
                                                                                companies with travel solutions to meet the demand of corporate sector
                                                                                travel and tour.
                                                                                The event was well attended with over 100 companies covering the
                                                                                corporate sector and travel & tour trade in Singapore. A Sri Lankan cultural
                                                                                dance troupe performed traditional dances at the end of the event.

52 IN Diplomacy Annual 2017 www.indiplomacy.com</code></pre>
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