Dr. Lakshman Jayaweera the Chairman of the BOI, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and number of Business Leaders from the Chambers and various sectors addressed the Seminars / Workshops and took part at the deliberations. The entire delegation was taken on religious cultural and Technical visits. The delegates visited Bethlehem, Nazarath and Jerusalem old city of as well.

In addition to a trade delegation to Sri Lanka consisting of 21 members, a delegation during CHOGM led by H.E. the Ambassador there will be a third delegation in October to Sri Lanka consisting of high end business leaders, industrialists and hi-tech companies to follow up the work on the areas specified above.

There was a reception for delegates at the official residence of H.E. the Ambassador Sarath Wijesinghe who planned, originated and masterminded the event.

The event was organized by the Sri Lanka Embassy with co-partners, the Ministry of External Affairs in Sri Lanka, Export Development Board in Sri Lanka, L.R. Group in Israel and the Israel – Asia Chamber of Commerce, Israel.

Hon. Deputy Minister, Neomal Perera met with his Israeli counterpart Tzahi Hanegbi the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Israel where bi-lateral and business matters were discussed in detail.

The Forum was a tremendous success with the Sri Lankan delegates meeting and starting business immediately with the business community. LR Group and Sri Lanka Israel Chambers sponsored inauguration, Seminars, Workshops one to one meetings during the event.

We look forward for the trade mission from Israel to Sri Lanka in October.