The second session of the Sri Lanka – United Arab Emirates Joint Commission, co-chaired by the visiting Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the UAE, Saeed bin Mubarak Al Hajeri, has concluded.
State Minister Saeed bin Mubarak Al Hajeri co-chaired the event together with Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Arun Hemachandra last afternoon.
During his visit, State Minister Saeed bin Mubarak Al Hajeri also paid a courtesy call on Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath.
A discussion between the two officials on Tuesday focused on boosting economic cooperation between the two nations.
The UAE is one of Sri Lanka’s most significant trading partners in the Middle East, ranking as Sri Lanka’s 7th largest export destination in 2024. It also hosts the largest number of Sri Lankans in a single country in the Middle East. (Newswire)
