High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

Under the directive of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Foreign Ministry reviewed the entry procedure today, 06 April 2021, as a measure of relief for prospective Lankan returnees.

Under the new procedure, Sri Lankans, dual citizens who travel on Sri Lankan passports, spouses and unmarried children of Sri Lankans, who are foreigners, and Sri Lankan seafarers arriving by air will be permitted to enter into Sri Lanka without prior approval of the Foreign Ministry and the Civil Aviation Authority.

Under the prevailing conditions, this High Commission is issuing Entry visas only to those foreign nationals whose visas have been approved by the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration (CG/ I&E) of Sri Lanka. 

Madam President, 
Madam High Commissioner, 
Distinguished Ambassadors, 
Ladies and Gentlemen,

1.  As I address you today, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has published a report on Sri Lanka accompanied by an unprecedented propaganda campaign on that report.

2. Sri Lankan heroic armed forces militarily neutralized the LTTE in 2009 after three-decades of conflict. The Sri Lanka Government acted in self-defense to safeguard the unitary state, sovereignty & territorial integrity from the world’s most ruthless separatist terrorist organization.

3. The LTTE is the only terrorist organization in the world which has killed two world leaders: a serving President of Sri Lanka and a former Prime Minister of India extending its terror beyond the borders of Sri Lanka. 

The High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi marked the 73rd Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka this morning in a solemn ceremony with multi-religious observances, and with the participation of the Sri Lankan expatriate community in Delhi.