Sri Lanka briefs German trade delegation on progress in reconciliation and democracy

Germany’s trade and business delegation to Sri Lanka, headed by the Parliamentary State Secretary or Economic Affairs and Energy Uwe Beckmeyer met with Sri Lanka’s president on Monday, reports adaderena.lk.
The visit comes after Sri Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena visited Berlin last month.

During the meeting Mr Sirisena told the German delegation that Sri Lanka was progressing on strengthening democracy and reconciliation through new commissions such as the human rights, bribery and corruption commissions.
The German parliamentarian we Beckmeyer, expressed his government’s commitment to bring Sri Lankan and German businesses closer together, marking his visit as the first step in this initiative.