Visiting British Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mr Alistair Burt said that the British government would allocate £3 million for the demining work in Sri Lanka. Mr. Burt announced this when he met the Minister of Economic Development, Basil Rajapaksa at the Presidential secretariat. He further emphasized the British Governments commitment toward Sri Lanka, stating that the key part of his visit would be promoting bilateral trade between the two countries. During the discussion two Ministers exchanged the ideas about trade and investment ties between two countries and the progress of development in Sri Lanka.
Visiting British Minister said that the British High Commission in Sri Lanka would launch websites in Sinhala and Tamil language along with the existing English language website and it would contain the information and key aspects of the British High Commissions work in Sri Lanka, including visa information and update news releases.