Sri Lankan Ambassador assumes duties in Germany

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador-designate to Germany Varuni Muthukumarana assumed duties at the Sri Lanka Embassy in Berlin on Feb 2, said a press release issued by the Lankan Embassy in Berlin.

It said: A member of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service year 2000 batch, Ambassador-designate Muthukumarana has over 23 years of bilateral and multilateral experience serving at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo and at Sri Lanka Missions abroad. Her last position in the Ministry was as Director General of the Europe, Central Asia, EU and Commonwealth Division.

The foreign postings of Ambassador-designate Muthukumarana include the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York.

Muthukumarana has a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree from the University of Colombo and a Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) degree from Georgetown University, Washington D.C. She is a past pupil of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, Colombo.