PM invites France to invest in fishery, agriculture, IT, renewable energy, electronics, tourism sectors

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Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said he is hopeful that French investors would enter into new areas of investment such as fishery, agriculture, information technology (IT), renewable energy, electronics and tourism sectors.

He said this at a function to bid farewell to the outgoing French Ambassador Eric Lavertu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo on Tuesday (27).

"Sri Lanka has vast potential in information technology, tourism and agriculture and France will undertake more projects once the global economic situation get over the current difficult phase. He said that fisheries development has the potential of bringing-in foreign exchange as there is a demand for seafood in Europe," Ambassador Lavertu said.

The Ambassador thanked the Prime Minister for assisting the Alliance Francaise institute to return to its former location and increase its network.

PM praised the French language programmes undertaken by Alliance Francaise outside Colombo to facilitate the students in those areas to study the language.

He thanked the Ambassador for his untiring efforts to promote ties and cooperation between Sri Lanka and France during his tenure and the Ambassador assured the Premier that bilateral relations between the two nations would be continued by his successor.

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Comments - 17

Truth Seeker Wednesday, 28 September 2022 10:12 PM

If the locals want to invest, everything will be taxed. This including any capital equipment that are not manufactured in Srilanka and need to be imported. We need educated and intelligent individuals to set the taxing and spending attitude that drives away all investors from Srilanka.

People who do know what Lord Buddha preached Wednesday, 28 September 2022 10:58 PM

There are two great Saraths in Parliament they will not like any non Buddhists or Sinhalese to invest in this country. Therefore invite only the Buddhist countries to invest here. Wimal sahodaraya will also support you

Big Sam Wednesday, 28 September 2022 11:08 PM

Would it be easier to state what he has not been invited to invest in? These are the sort of useless efforts (inviting an outgoing ambassador) which dont bring anything other than this joker into the news!

Mahesh Wednesday, 28 September 2022 11:57 PM

Unless we have a stable Government and credible economic policies, no one in the world would come and invest in Srilanka.

INVEST IN DIGITAL TO REDUCE CORRUPTION Wednesday, 28 September 2022 11:57 PM

France has a very good ABiS biometric identification system used at airports worldwide. border security identity access management we should canvass French G2G investment funding to reduce corruption and safeguard from terro outfits money launderers

Nihal S Thursday, 29 September 2022 01:46 AM

You and we can only hope. Until the country is free from corruption (Rajapakse regime) it will be difficult to attract reputable investors from the West or Europe. This is the reality.

Jude Thursday, 29 September 2022 01:54 AM

Pritty much, need investment in all sectors!! Yeah!!

Ram Thursday, 29 September 2022 02:30 AM

PM can invite. We must wait and see how many of them would take these invitations. They will want a government doing it job peacefully before considering any invitation. The government failed there

Punchi Thursday, 29 September 2022 03:31 AM

Let’s hope that that France the land of Liberté Égalité Actualité will invest in our paradise where the opposite of these French ideals is cultivated and encouraged

Kumar Thursday, 29 September 2022 03:59 AM

Why? Do you think that French have mental problems? No one will invest. First sort out the law and order.

Lion Thursday, 29 September 2022 04:36 AM

No one comes here boy ,as long as you all are in the governance. The whole world knows that the majority of the country is against the government and its controlled by set of 134 thugs.further the investors do not wish to invest as the parliament which is the law making body of the country is consist of a person who was punished by the courts.

Tom jones Thursday, 29 September 2022 05:13 AM

Mr. Prime Minister. How can you inviteforeigners to invest in Sri Lanka when we have a pack Commission “ kakkas” in our Parliament from all Political Parties. There is no way out other than to tell these rogues to return all the dollars that they have stolen from the masses.we have a pack of rogues in power. We are bankrupt.

Spartacus Thursday, 29 September 2022 05:17 AM

Not when you ask them, because you are a dedicated member of Ali Baba and his forty thieves.

Punchi Thursday, 29 September 2022 05:47 AM

France has a Law since around 1910 that prevents clergy from engaging in politics. We’ve encourage our Buddhist monks to dictate our politics and have allowed them to irrevocably destroy our country. France considers the people and descendents from ex Indian possessions pondicherry, Kairaikal residing in France French citizens. Our 2500 fake civilisation is so uncivilised that we cannot accept our minorities who became minorities because of British unifying our country as full fledged citizens

Robin Banks Thursday, 29 September 2022 06:24 AM

Another random, wishful statement by a pohottuwa oxygen waster. Why not invite NASA and Silicon Valley to invest in Sri Lanka while you are in this psychedelic state?

Reformist Thursday, 29 September 2022 07:26 AM

What are you giving France and other prospective countries in return? They need corruption free, bribe free non lethargic and efficient politicians and public officers. SL can't and will never provide that. Have you forgotten about the recent case involving a Japanese company? Instead of punishing the person, the person was appointed as a Minister. Do you think France does not know all these?

mahesh Thursday, 29 September 2022 09:23 AM

You want international community to invest in SL to over come our economic crisis, which is an internal problem created by your politicos. But when these very same "international community" talk about human rights abuses (again created by you politicos) you want their hands off and non existing "internal mechanisms" will look in to it as repeatedly proclaimed in UN for the last 13 years with no outcome

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