Hon. Piyankara Jayaratne, State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Market Diversification Concludes a successful visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arab
Hon. Piyankara Jayaratne, State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Market Diversification undertook an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 19th to 24th March 2022.
During this visit Hon State Minister had a bilateral discussion with Dr. Abdullah bin Nasser Abuthnain, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Development for Labour of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development of Saudi Arabia. The discussions centered on the increase of the skill labour categories to the Kingdom and enhance the ongoing collaboration between the labour related agencies between the two countries.
Hon. Piyankara Jayaratne also joined Hon. Tharaka Balasuriya, State Minister of Regional Cooperation when the latter met HE Khalid Al Falih, Minister of Investment and HE Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
State Minister Jayaratne also participated at the meeting with members of the Human Resources and Labour Market Committee of the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce led by HE Eng. Mansour A. Alshathry, Chairman of the Human Resources and Labour Market Committee.
The State Minister’s engagement also included a visit to the Women’s Welfare Center in Riyadh, Meeting with the Coordination Council for Recruitment Companies in the Kingdom, Meeting with Dr. Faisal bin. M. Walan, CEO of Al Ajeer Recruitment Company and the visit to the safe house for the stranded Sri Lankan domestic workers maintained by the Sri Lanka mission in Riyadh.
HE P. M. Amza, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom, Mr. Pradeep Saputhanthri, Additional Secretary, State Ministry of Employment Promotion and Market Diversification, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Chairman, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment and Embassy officials associated with the State Minister during the above engagements.
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Riyadh
24 March 2022