Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso presents credentials

The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Nigeria, Thambirajah Raveenthiran, who is concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Burkina Faso, recently presented his credentials to President Roch Mare Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso at the Presidential Palace in Ouagadougou.

The Sri Lankan envoy availed himself of this opportunity to brief the President of Burkina Faso on the current situation in Sri Lanka and conveyed the greetings of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to his counterpart in Burkina Faso. In response, the President of Burkina Faso requested the Ambassador to convey his well wishes to Sirisena.

The Ambassador thanked the President of Burkina Faso for all the support that his country had rendered so far to Sri Lanka at international fora and requested for the same degree of support in the future as well. The President remarked that Burkina Faso would be there to assist Sri Lanka whenever such assistance was required.

The President of Burkina Faso expressed satisfaction over the status of relations between the two countries and indicated his desire to strengthen them further, covering new areas of cooperation for the benefit of both countries. President Kabore admired social developments in Sri Lanka and expressed his desire to learn from Sri Lanka’s experiences.

This is the first time that a Sri Lankan Ambassador presented credentials in Burkina Faso since Sri Lanka established formal diplomatic relations with the West African State in 2012.