Ravinatha appointed Executive Director LKI

Former Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha, on 19 June, assumed duties as the Executive Director of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies.

Foreign Minister M.U.M. Ali Sabry, MP, PC, has made the appointment in his capacity as the Chairman of the Board of Management of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies.

A career Foreign Service officer, Ravinatha was Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka, and has also served as Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States of America, Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union, and as Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.