Sri Lanka, May 27 -- The UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy for Sri Lanka, Lord Hannett of Everton, is visiting Colombo from 25th-28th May. This is his first visit to Sri Lanka since he was appointed in January 2025.
Lord Hannett will meet with the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe, Deputy Minister for Industry and Entrepreneurship Hon. Chathuranaga Abeysinghe and representatives from Sri Lanka's Export Development Board to discuss Sri Lanka's trade and investment landscape, opportunities for and challenges faced by UK companies, and plans on reforms and improving ease of doing business to support the shared economic growth of both countries.
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