President invites German investors to SL

Visiting President Maithripala Sirisena today invited German investors to take advantage of the increasing economic opportunities in Sri Lanka and interact with the business delegation accompanied with him for further investment.

President Sirisena made this request when he met the media together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after Sri Lanka German bilateral talks took place yesterday at the Chancellery Office in Berlin today.

President Sirisena was welcomed by Chancellor Merkel on his arrival at the chancellery and accorded to a Guard of Honour before the bilateral talks were started.

‘I have just concluded a very fruitful and indeed productive meeting with Federal Chancellor Dr. Merkel. Sri Lanka and Germany have over the years shared close and cordial relations. I wish to thank the Chancellor for the invitation to visit Germany and it gives me great pleasure to be here and discuss ways and means of further strengthening our bilateral relations,’ President Sirisena said.

We invite more German investors take advantage of the increasing economic opportunities in Sri Lanka. A high level trade and investment delegation is accompanying me on this visit. We will participate in a special forum organised to create awareness on Sri Lanka’s economic prospects and potential. Out business delegation will interact with German investors and identify opportunities for joint ventures. The contribution made by Germany in skills development through the establishment of Technical and vocational Training institutes in Sri Lanka stand out as an excellent model of corporation. We are very grateful to the government and people of Germany.

In addition to small and medium Enterprises, our enhanced corporation will cover a broad area of bilateral corporation in the Energy sector and Higher Education, President Sirisena stressed.

"During my visit I also meet with the Federal President Joachim Gauck and it is my firm conviction that my discussions with him and other senior officials of the Deutsch Government would help our two countries to identify shared opportunities in both bilateral and multilateral relations and identify and promote our specific priorities and potentials" the President added. (Sandun A. Jayasekera in Berlin)