High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom, Rohitha Bogollagama attended the third Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit (CTIS), organised by the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) in London last week.
The CTIS was attended by many officials of Commonwealth countries including the head of state of Samoa, Ministers of Trade and Industry of Ghana and Nigeria, High Commissioners, senior officials, business leaders, and technocrats from across the Commonwealth.
At the gathering of the CWEIC’s Strategic Partners, at the session, “The Global Advisory Council Meeting”, High Commissioner Bogollagama presented an overview and the latest on the economic and investment climate and the opportunities in Sri Lanka, and stated that Sri Lanka has gone through various stages of international relations and domestic compulsions, but has always been a resilient, while overcoming challenges, whatever the issues. Sri Lanka’s geopolitical positioning as the ‘Centre Point’ in terms of development and accessibility among the East, Far East, Middle East, and the West, and also to a large market in South Asia having nearly a two billion population, has created an immense advantage for the country. Sri Lanka, with the correct infrastructure, common legal system, independence of the judicial, ensured rule of law, English language education, highly educated and adoptable workforce with technical skills, a good road network, tourism and other infrastructure etc, is well on track to attract new investments such as greenfield and especially tech-investments and innovations.
High Commissioner Bogollagama said that Sri Lanka, as one of the founding members of the Commonwealth, and its investment Promotion arm, the CWEIC, which is a major platform for Sri Lanka to promote investment, will continue to be on Sri Lanka’s trajectory to reach greater heights.
The High Commissioner invited all potential investors from the Commonwealth network and the world at large, to look at Sri Lanka as an investment and commercial destination on a plug and play basis, and to seize the opportunity to invest in Sri Lanka.
