Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday appointed the High Commissioner in New Delhi, Romesh Jayasinghe, as the new Foreign Secretary from October 1.
Mr. Rajapaksa nominated Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prasad Kariyawasam, who was also Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, as Mr. Jayasinghe’s successor.
Mr. Jayasinghe will succeed Palitha Kohona, the current Foreign Secretary, who goes to the United Nations in New York. Among the seven other top-level diplomatic appointments included Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera, former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), as Ambassador designate to Israel.