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Ambassador Chandana Weerasena presented his Letters of Credence to His Royal Highness Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, as the new Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with concurrent accreditation from Brussels in Belgium on 13 June 2024.

The presentation of credentials was followed by a private audience with His Royal Highness Grand Duke at his invitation.

The Ambassador conveyed greetings and best wishes from President Ranil Wickremesinghe to His Royal Highness Grand Duke. The Ambassador thanked Luxembourg for their role in the capacity of a member of the European Union with which Sri Lanka has many engagements. He also emphasised his desire to explore deeper political and economic cooperation with Luxembourg, which is one of the richest countries in the world by GDP per capita.

His Royal Highness Grand Duke reciprocated the warm greetings to H.E. the President and the People of Sri Lanka. During the audience, a number of topics were discussed which are bilaterally and geologically interested and His Royal Highness Grand Duke invited to explore more economic relations with Luxembourg, especially with the private sector.

During the visit to Luxembourg, Ambassador Weerasena met a number of other officials including the Secretary Foreign Affairs, Director for Political Affairs, senior officials of the Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Multinationalism & UN Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice President in Charge of South Asia and South East Asia of the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the newly appointed Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in Luxembourg.

Ambassador Weerasena is currently serving as the Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union. He has also previously held a number of other diplomatic ranks in Sri Lanka Embassy in Tokyo, Sri Lanka High Commission in Canberra, and Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi. Ambassador Weerasena possesses two Masters Degrees from the Australian National University in Australia; ‘Master of Diplomacy’ & ‘Master of Asia Pacific Studies’. He graduated from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka with a ‘Bachelor of Commerce’ degree and a past student of Ampitiya Berrewaerts College, Kandy.

Embassy of Sri Lanka

Brussels

14 June 2024