FM to review overseas missions
The Foreign Ministry is in the process of reviewing its foreign
missions overseas in an attempt to assess the importance for some of
which there 'exists no clear rationale,' Minister Mangala Samaraweera
told Parliament this week.
The Minister said the Government intends to introduce Non-Resident
Ambassadors in an attempt to cut down costs. "We will review the current
missions overseas and if there was a need we might close down a few
Missions before we open others," for the Foreign Ministry spokesperson,
Mahishini Colonne told the Sunday Observer.
She added the Minister was referring to a short-term and long-term
restructuring process which will review existing missions overseas. |