Thursday, 6 February 2014 00:00
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The Executive Committee of the Sri Lanka-Indonesia Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce convened together with the Designate Ambassador to Indonesia Anoja Wijesekara recently at the Ceylon Chamber premises.
Anoja Wijesekara whose career has predominantly revolved around her work with the UNICEF related on the nature of work she was formerly involved with; she even touched upon a few personal experiences encountered during her stay of four years in Afghanistan. Wijesekara comes with an education background in Economics and a Master of Science in Development Economics from the University of London. This juncture was further attended by the Assistant Director-Economic Affairs, Gihan Indraguptha of the Ministry of External Affairs.
The meeting enabled the Executive Committee to articulate on their outlook of the business industries they operate within, which ranges from textiles, flour, tires, paper, etc and simultaneously discuss on a number of concerns presently distressing businesses from an operational standpoint. Wijesekara added onto this by conversing on the scope for improvement of trade relations between Sri Lanka and Indonesia and also of her intentions to further encourage Foreign Direct Investments into Sri Lanka as she assumes her posting in Jakarta. Moreover, Indraguptha gave a briefing on the progress of the Joint Commission with Indonesia which is yet to be finalised; he also expressed how the Council could provide their input for certain facets of the agreement. Finally the SLIBC President Jatinder Biala expressed his gratitude to Wijesekara on behalf of the Committee, for the opportunity given to engage in dialogue and expressed the Council’s keen interest to maintain cordial relationships with the Sri Lankan Embassy in Indonesia and in particular with Anoja Wijesekara as the Council progresses towards the future.
