Resident
Mission in Hanoi
[February
20, 2003 - 10.00 GMT]
A
resident Sri Lanka Embassy was established in Hanoi, capital of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam with effect from 16th January 2003. M. M. Jaffer has been appointed Sri Lanka’s first resident
Ambassador in Vietnam.
Previously,
the Sri Lanka Mission in Bangkok
was concurrently
accredited to Hanoi.
“The
establishment of a resident Mission in Vietnam, more than 30 years after the
formalization of diplomatic relations in 1970, marks an important milestone
in bilateral relations between the two countries,” a Foreign Ministry
statement said.
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