Expansion of business ties in Texas
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Susantha Shan Halamba with Prasad Kariyawasam and an
American official |
Sri Lanka is reinvigorating its representation in the United States
as bilateral relations and people to people ties between the two nations
are on an exponential growth trajectory, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the
United States Prasad Kariyawasam told guests at a ceremony organized by
the World Affairs Council in Dallas-Fort Worth to welcome Susantha Shan
Halamba as the new Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka to the state of Texas.
Texas is the second largest American state and is home to a
substantial Sri Lankan-American community and important businesses with
ties to Sri Lanka. The new appointment would help serve the state's Sri
Lankan community while facilitating multiple spheres of cooperation with
state of Texas.
The Ambassador presented the Commission of Appointment to Halamba at
the event. A cross section of community and business leaders of
Dallas-Fort Worth, including Sri Lankan-Americans in Texas were also
present. The Council's President and CEO Jim Falk recalled the age-old
relations between the two countries spanning over two centuries.
Monica Alonzo, Mayor Pro Tem of Dallas, Sara Wilshaw, Consul General
of Canada and the Dean of the Consular Corps of Dallas-Fort Worth, and
Gal Jumaoas, President of the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of
Commerce, also spoke.
Halamba is the Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Ceyhinz Link International Inc. headquartered in Irving, Texas - the
parent company of RIOCOCO Worldwide and Ceytips Ceylon Tea - and also
the Co-Founder, President of the Texas-based Unitech Solutions Inc. |
