CNCI hails C'wealth Business Forum

The CBF (Commonwealth Business Forum) provided an ideal platform to develop a network among business leaders, promote investment opportunities, share technology and success stories for the benefit of the people, said CNCI, Chairman Gamini Gunasekera. He said it was the largest Commonwealth Business Forum, attended by nearly 1,450 foreign and local delegates from 83 countries, 53 member states and 30 non-Commonwealth countries.

The Commonwealth has a population of nearly two billion people and accounts for 20% global trade.

“Sri Lanka is one of the world’s most unique and exciting global destinations.

For 30 years we could not exploit opportunities and derive the maximum benefits from our inherent strengths such as geographical location, business friendly culture and high calibre human resources due to terrorism in the country,” he said. The theme of the CBF ideally fits Sri Lanka’s own philosophy, Partnering for Wealth Creation and Social Development:

The Commonwealth, Indian Ocean and SAARC. Parallel to CBF the 'Reflections of Sri Lanka' exposition on trade, tourism and investment organised by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce provided an opportunity for local manufacturers to display their products of international standard and foreign participants in this exhibition displayed their technology and equipment which could be used by local industrialists in their manufacturing process.