Jaliya Wickramasuriya to take over Sri Lankan ambassadorship in Washington DC

The Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry is to appoint Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Sri Lanka's Consul General in Los Angeles, as the next ambassador to Washington DC.

He will succeed incumbent Bernard Goonatillake.

Foreign Ministry Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona has confirmed that Mr. Wickramasuriya will take up his new post after necessary formalities, such as getting the approval of the Parliament High Posts Committee, are completed.

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