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[Sri Lanka in Italy @SLinItaly]

The Embassy of Sri Lanka participated in International Tea Day 2026 held at @FAO on 21 May 2026 and showcased 🇱🇰’s rich ☕️ tea culture & culinary creativity on use of Ceylon Tea and have a live demonstration at the FAO FoodS Lab interactive kitchen. #lka
https://t.co/Tuk8aLOuZY

[Sri Lanka in India @SLinIndia]

On International Tea Day, here’s to the people, the history and the shared heritage behind every cup of Ceylon Tea. 🍃☕

#internationalteaday
#tea
#ceylontea

[Satya Rodrigo @Satya_Rodrigo]

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Rome is pleased to celebrate International Tea Day at @FAO. As the home of world-renowned Ceylon Tea, 🇱🇰 proudly joins the global community in recognizing the cultural, economic, and social value of tea and the communities behind every cup #teaday #tea

[FAO in Sri Lanka & Maldives @FAOSriLanka]

The Research Vessel Dr. Fridtjof #Nansen has successfully completed its marine scientific survey in Sri Lankan waters, strengthening science-based fisheries management, ocean research & sustainable marine resource management.
#EAFNansen #SriLanka @NorwayAmbIndia @norwayinindia

[Sri Lanka in Italy @SLinItaly]

The United Nations Secretary-General
Message on the Day of Vesak. 1 May 2026

[Anura Kumara Dissanayake @anuradisanayake]

The working people of Sri Lanka mark this year’s May Day at a decisive moment, as the country secures significant economic achievements despite a challenging global climate shaped by conflict.

Even amid major challenges such as United States tariffs, Cyclone Ditwah and the conflict in the Middle East, we have safeguarded the security of our overseas workers by upholding Sri Lanka’s longstanding humane and non-aligned foreign policy. At the same time, through effective responses to natural disasters, we have recorded notable economic progress in 2025. These include the lowest budget deficit since 1977 and the highest government revenue since 2007. Export earnings from goods and services exceeded USD 17 billion, making it the only year to surpass revenue targets while also recording the highest foreign remittances in our history. I extend the nation’s sincere gratitude to the working people whose contribution made these achievements possible.

Recognising the true value of labour, we have implemented policies to uplift working people. These include increasing public sector basic salaries, raising private sector minimum wages and granting pension rights to public servants recruited after 1 January 2016. Plantation workers’ wages have been increased to Rs. 1,750 and legal provisions relating to women’s night-time employment have been amended. The Mahapola scholarship has also been increased by Rs. 10,000 to support the education of workers’ children. In addition, we have extended benefits across society, including to farmers, fishers, youth, women, students, producers, small-scale entrepreneurs and plantation communities.

The recent Cyclone Ditwah most severely affected the working population. In response, we provided the highest disaster compensation in our history, alongside relief for farmers, fishers and small and medium-scale industries. Through the “Rebuilding Sri Lanka” programme, we are expediting housing construction and restoring livelihoods, raising living standards beyond previous levels.

Our primary objective is to safeguard the rights of the working people in this nation and to create a more stable economy and a brighter future for our children, rather than allowing them to endure suffering, tears and pain. We acknowledge that it is essential to modernize human society, the economy, and production systems to align with the constantly evolving productive forces and the changing environment, making this a crucial task. Key initiatives include the proposed education reforms, the digital economy programme, the Clean Sri Lanka initiative and the ‘Prajashakthi’ programme.

As we strive to recover lost development and build “A Thriving Nation – A Beautiful Life”, we place our confidence in the working people of Sri Lanka as the driving force of this journey. With that conviction, we continue to work while learning and learn while working, towards steady progress. I warmly invite all working people to join this collective effort with commitment and integrity in building a better nation and I extend my best wishes for a meaningful May Day.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake
President
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
01.05.2026

[Satya Rodrigo @Satya_Rodrigo]

Following the entry into force of the mutual recognition of the Driving License between 🇱🇰 & 🇮🇹 on 10 April, I was very happy to hand over the first 4 Driving License Certificates (DLC) for the conversion procedure to 4 Sri Lankans who had applied in Rome today🙏🏼.

[Sri Lanka in Italy @SLinItaly]

The Embassy informs that Driving License Certificates (DLC) from number
ITL/RM/DCL/2026/001 to ITL/RM/DCL/2026/045 (excluding ITL/RM/DCL/2026/038) for the conversion procedure are ready for collection. For those that have requested it by courier it will come soon by mail.

[Sri Lanka in Italy @SLinItaly]

Please Note: The Consular Section of the Embassy will be open ONLY for Driving Licence Applications on Wednesday 15 April 2026. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. 🙏🏼

[Sri Lanka in Italy @SLinItaly]

Applications for the conversion of driving licences (DL) under the Bilateral Agreement between Italy 🇮🇹 & Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 will be accepted from Friday 10 April 2026. In view of high demand, the Consular Section will be open ONLY for the DL applications on 10 and 15 April 2026. 🙏🏼

[Satya Rodrigo @Satya_Rodrigo]

Wishing everyone a peaceful and joyful Sinhala and Tamil New Year
May this season of renewal bring happiness, prosperity, and new beginnings.
ඔබ සැමට සාමය සතුට පිරි සෞභාග්‍යමත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා.
அமைதியான மற்றும் வளமான தமிழ் மற்றும் சிங்கள புத்தாண்டுக்கு எனது அன்பான வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

[Anura Kumara Dissanayake @anuradisanayake]

பௌதீக ரீதியாகவும் ஆன்மீக ரீதியாகவும் மாற்றம் பெறுவதை அடையாளப்படுத்தும் சிங்கள மற்றும் தமிழ் புத்தாண்டானது, இந்நாட்டு மக்களின் பிரதான கலாசார விழாவாகும்.

பாரம்பரிய சம்பிரதாயங்களைப் பாதுகாத்து, சுபநேரச் சடங்குகளுக்கும் சமயக் கிரியைகளுக்கும் முன்னுரிமை அளித்து, கூட்டாக ஒரே சுபநேரத்தில் சிங்கள தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. இந்தப் பண்பாட்டுப் பகிர்வு உலகிற்கு முன்னால் எமது நாட்டின் அடையாளத்தையும், எமது சமூகங்களுக்கு இடையே நிலவும் சமூக-கலாசார பிணைப்பையும் சிறப்பாகப் பிரதிபலிக்கிறது.

நாட்டின் எதிர்கால அபிவிருத்திப் பாதையை, இந்த பெறுமதிமிக்க கலாசாரம் மற்றும் உன்னதமான வரலாற்று மரபுரிமைகளுடன் இணைந்தே தெரிவு செய்ய முடியும் என நாம் உறுதியாக நம்புகின்றோம். அதற்கமைய, எமது அனைத்து எதிர்கால அபிவிருத்தித் திட்டங்களும் அந்த பெறுமதியான மரபுரிமைகள் மற்றும் கலாசாரத்தின் மீது வலுவாக உருவாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன என்பதை இங்கு நினைவுபடுத்த வேண்டும்.

அதேபோல், சூரிய பெயர்ச்சியைத் தொடர்ந்து முன்னெடுக்கப்படும் அனைத்துச் சடங்கு முறைகளின் பொதுவான எதிர்பார்ப்பானது, கூட்டுப்பண்பை மதிக்கும், பிறரையும் இயற்கையின் இருப்பையும் கௌரவிக்கும் ஒரு புதிய மனிதனை உருவாக்குவதாகும். புத்தாண்டின் சடங்கு முறைகளில் வெளிப்படும் கூட்டுப்பண்பின் குணாதிசயங்களும் விழுமியங்களும் அந்த சில நாட்களுக்கு மாத்திரமன்றி, முழு வருடமும் எமது நடத்தைகளில் பிரதிபலிக்க வேண்டும் என நான் நினைக்கிறேன்.

கடந்த வருடம் முகங்கொடுத்த பாரிய இயற்கை அனர்த்தத்தின் போது உள்ளக அதிர்வுகளுக்கு தாக்குப் பிடிக்கும் இயலுமையை உலகிற்கு காண்பித்தோம். மத்திய கிழக்கு பிராந்தியத்தின் போர்ச் சூழல் நிலைமையில் ஏற்பட்டுள்ள வெளிப்புறச் சவால்களை வெற்றிகொள்வதற்குத் தேவையான வேலைத்திட்டங்களை அரசாங்கம் தற்போது நடைமுறைப்படுத்தியுள்ளது. நாடென்ற வகையில் ஒன்றாக இந்த சவால்களை வெற்றிகொள்கையில் சிங்கள மற்றும் தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு காலத்தில் வெளிப்படுத்தப்படும் கூட்டுப்பண்பு மற்றும் பகிர்ந்துகொள்ளல் போன்ற பண்புகளினால் , எமது வாழ்க்கையை மேலும் அர்த்தமுள்ளதாக்க அர்ப்பணிப்புடன் செயற்படுவோம் என நான் அனைவரிடமும் கேட்டுக்கொள்கின்றேன்.

அடைந்த வெற்றிகளை மேலும் அர்த்தமுள்ளதாக்குவதோடு, எழுந்துள்ள சவால்களுக்கு மத்தியில் தளராது முன்னேறி, 'வளமான நாடு - அழகான வாழ்க்கை' என்பதை அனைவருக்கும் உரித்தாக்குவதற்கு கைகோர்க்குமாறு அனைவருக்கும் அழைப்பு விடுப்பதோடு, பிறந்துள்ள இந்தச் சிங்கள மற்றும் தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு அமைதியும் மகிழ்ச்சியும் நிறைந்த இனிய புத்தாண்டாக அமைய எனது மனப்பூர்வமான நல்வாழ்த்துகளைத் தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கின்றேன்.

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[Anura Kumara Dissanayake @anuradisanayake]

භෞතිකව සහ ආධ්‍යාත්මිකව අලුත් වීමේ අපේක්ෂාව සංකේතවත් කරන, සිංහල සහ දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්ද මෙරට ජනතාවගේ ප්‍රධානතම සංස්කෘතික උත්සවයයි.

පාරම්පරික සම්ප්‍රදාය සුරකිමින් චාරිත්‍රවලට සහ ආගමික කටයුතුවලට මුල්තැන දෙමින් සාමුහිකව, එකම නැකතකට කටයුතු කිරීම සිංහල සහ දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්දේදී සිදු කෙරේ. මෙම සංස්කෘතික බෙදාහදාගැනීම ලෝකය අභිමුවේ අප රටෙහි අනන්‍යතාව මෙන්ම අපගේ ප්‍රජාවන් අතර පවතින සමාජ-සංස්කෘතික බැඳීම මනාව නිරූපණය කරන්නකි.

රටේ අනාගත සංවර්ධන මාවත තෝරාගත හැක්කේ මෙම අගනා සංස්කෘතියත්, විශිෂ්ට ඓතිහාසික උරුමයත් සමඟින් බව අප තරයේ විශ්වාස කරමු. ඒ අනුව අපගේ සියලු ඉදිරි සංවර්ධන සැලසුම් සකස් කර ඇත්තේ එම වටිනා උරුමය සහ සංස්කෘතිය මත ශක්තිමත්ව දෙපා තබා ගනිමින් බව මෙහිලා සිහිපත් කළ යුතුය.

එමෙන්ම, සූර්ය සංක්‍රාන්තියට අනුගාමීව සිදු කෙරෙන සියලු චාරිත්‍ර-වාරිත්‍රයන්හි පොදු අපේක්ෂාවෙන් පිළිබිඹු කෙරෙන්නේ සාමුහිකත්වය අගයන අනෙකාගේ මෙන්ම සොබාදහමේ පැවැත්මට ගරු කරන සහකම්පනීය අලුත් මිනිසෙකු නිර්මාණය කිරීමයි. අලුත් අවුරුද්දේ චාරිත්‍ර-වාරිත්‍රවලින් ප්‍රකට වන එම සාමුහිකත්වයේ ගුණාංග සහ හරයන් එම දින කිහිපයේ පමණක් නොව මුළු වසර පුරාම අපගේ චර්යාවෙන් නිරූපණය විය යුතු යැයි මම සිතමි.

පසුගිය වසරේ මුහුණ පෑ මෑතකාලීන විශාලතම ස්වභාවික ව්‍යසන අභියෝගය හමුවේ අප ලොවට පෙන් වූ අභ්‍යන්තර කම්පනවලට ඔරොත්තු දීමේ හැකියාව මෙන්ම මැදපෙරදිග යුද්දයෙන් එල්ලව ඇති බාහිර අභියෝග හමුවේත් සැලසුම් සහගතව, මනා වූ කළමනාකරණයකින් යුතුව කටයුතු කරමින් එම අභියෝග ජයග්‍රහණය කිරීමට ඇවැසි වැඩපිළිවෙළද රජය විසින් මේ වන විට ක්‍රියාවට නංවනු ලැබ තිබේ.

රටක් ලෙස එක්ව මෙම අභියෝග ජයග්‍රහණය කිරීමේදී සිංහල සහ දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු සමයේ ප්‍රකට කෙරෙන සාමුහිකත්වය සහ බෙදාහදාගැනීම ආදී ගුණාංගවලින් තවදුරටත් අප ජීවිත අර්ථවත්කර ගැනීමට කැප වෙමු'යි මම සියලු දෙනාගෙන් ඉල්ලමි.
දිනාගත් ජයග්‍රහණ වඩාත් ශක්තිමත් කරන අතරම, උද්ගතව ඇති අභියෝග මතින් නොසැලී පියමං කරමින් ‘පොහොසත් රටක් - ලස්සන ජීවිතයක්’ සැමට උරුම කර දීමට සහෝදරත්වයෙන් අත්වැල් බැඳ ගනිමු'යි සියලු දෙනාට ආරාධනා කරමින් ලැබුවා වූ සිංහල සහ දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්ද සාමය සහ සතුට පිරි සුබ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා'යි හෘදයාංගම සුබපැතුම් එක් කරමි.

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[Sri Lanka in Italy @SLinItaly]

Applications for the conversion of driving licences (DL) under the Bilateral Agreement between Italy 🇮🇹 & Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 will be accepted from Friday 10 April 2026. In view of high demand, the Consular Section will be open ONLY for the DL applications on 10 and 15 April 2026. 🙏🏼

[Satya Rodrigo @Satya_Rodrigo]

Buona Pasqua!
Che questa giornata porti gioia, serenità e tanta felicità a te e ai tuoi cari.
🌷🐣

Happy Easter!
Wishing you a day filled with joy, peace, and happiness with your loved ones.
🌷🐣

#happyeaster #easter

[Anura Kumara Dissanayake @anuradisanayake]

Commemorating the Resurrection of Christ, Christian devotees in Sri Lanka and around the world celebrate Easter Sunday with deep reverence and devotion. It is a reminder of the enduring power of hope, renewal and compassion.

Beyond being a religious observance, Easter is also a cultural celebration for Christians that invites reflection on humanity, love and resilience. Through His Resurrection, having triumphed over death, Christ demonstrated to the world through His life that with steadfast determination and dedication, darkness can be overcome by light, fear by faith, and suffering by everlasting joy. The people who rose in unity for Jesus, who sacrificed His life for them, conveyed to the world a message of unity and goodwill.

At this moment, we cannot forget that people across the world continue to endure great suffering due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Instead of wars driven by hostility, people everywhere yearn for peace and coexistence. On this sacred Easter dawn, I pray that the path towards peace may be illuminated.

As taught by Christ, let us fill our hearts with love, patience and the noble virtue of forgiveness. Let us cast aside divisions and move forward together, bound in unity as children of one mother, as one Sri Lankan family. Let us join hands in brotherhood to achieve this.

On this sacred Easter Day, which commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, who sacrificed His life for the salvation of those in distress and overcame the darkness of death following His crucifixion, I extend my heartfelt wishes to all Christian devotees in Sri Lanka and around the world.

May you all be blessed with a joyful Easter filled with compassion and peace!

Anura Kumara Dissanayake
President
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
05th April, 2026

[MFA SriLanka 🇱🇰 @MFA_SriLanka]

We wish all Christians in Sri Lanka and around the world a joyful and peaceful Easter filled with hope, renewal, and new beginnings!

#HappyEaster #Easter2025
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[Satya Rodrigo @Satya_Rodrigo]

🙏🏼 Wishing you warm blessings on the joyous occasion of Eid al-Fitr 🌙✨
May this special day bring peace, happiness, and prosperity to all.
Eid Mubarak 🕌🌙

[Anura Kumara Dissanayake @anuradisanayake]

Eid-ul-Fitr, celebrated upon the sighting of the new moon following a month of fasting observed by Muslims across the world, is one of the most significant occasions in the Islamic religious calendar.

Fasting during Ramadan, which constitutes one of the five pillars of Islam, reflects the importance of distancing oneself from worldly desires and embracing a virtuous way of life founded on sacrifice and self-restraint.

The observance of Ramadan conveys a number of profound humanitarian and social messages to the global community. At its core, Ramadan instils compassion within the hearts of the faithful. It nurtures individuals who are willing to empathise with others, understand the pain of hunger as their own, and embrace fellow human beings with compassion and a spirit of brotherhood. During this period, the noble values of peace, equality and coexistence further enrich the conduct of believers. For an entire month, they observe the disciplines of fasting, a time devoted to spiritual nourishment. Therefore, I believe that the season of Ramadan serves as a powerful lesson to the world in humanity and brotherhood through lived example.

This year's Eid-ul-Fitr is being observed at a time when the entire world is facing difficult and challenging circumstances. I sincerely pray that, through the blessings of the observances and prayers of this Ramadan, these challenges will soon subside, giving rise to a world that all aspire to, one in which the rights and freedoms of all are safeguarded, and where peace, prosperity and harmonious coexistence prevail.

As we have successfully overcome challenges in the past, we remain firmly committed, as a government, to confronting this challenge with courage, managing it effectively, and ensuring that the country's economy and the lives of its people continue to progress without hardship or disruption.

Setting aside differences, I call upon everyone to unite with this national effort and extend their steadfast support. I convey my heartfelt wishes to the Muslim community in Sri Lanka and around the world for a peaceful and harmonious Eid-ul-Fitr.

Eid Mubarak!

Anura Kumara Dissanayake
President
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
21 March 2026

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