Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe speaks to Italian chambers in Milan

State Minister of International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe, who was on a promotional visit to Italy to enhance Sri Lanka’s exports to the EU under GSP+ concessions and seek investment potential at large, met the business community in Milan on 16 October.

At a meeting with Association of the Small Industries (CAN) of Milan President Daniela Cavagna, he explained the vast investment opportunities available in Sri Lanka for their members, particularly on transferring technology through exchanging industry and exporter delegations in the future. 

The State Minister also met with Dr. Fabrizio Sala, the Vice President of the Lombardy region, which is the most important and vital economic region in Italy, which represents 25% of the total import and export of Italy and 20% of the total GDP of Italy, where he had a lengthy discussion on a plethora of potentials of Sri Lanka both in trade, investment and service sectors. 

At this meeting, he mentioned that Sri Lanka was the gateway to Asia and the world as it has the opportunity to supply 3.5 billion people in the region by utilising the tariff concessions available under various FTAs and schemes like GSP plus of which Sri Lanka is a beneficiary.