Several Sri Lankan Missions abroad including some of those in Europe would be closed down soon, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake said yesterday.
He was explaining the Government's plans to make changes in its diplomatic mechanism.
He said it would be done after assessing the performance and looking at the rationale behind keeping these missions.
Minister Karunanayake, who came up with this information at a media briefing yesterday morning said some Sri Lankan diplomatic missions in Europe would have to be closed down in the future.
“We will have to close down some missions as those have found to be of no use lately," the Minister said He said performance of all diplomatic mission heads would be assessed before making a final decision.
“The Government has decided to go for commercial based diplomacy and link to the world through establishing commercial based diplomatic ties with various countries across the globe," he added further the minister said.
“Heads of all Sri Lankan diplomatic missions have been called for a meeting with the President and the Prime Minister on September 4 to brief them about the new policy,” he said.
