The minimum you must know


Sri Lanka is very effectively led at the United Nations, where their diplomats are demonstrating remarkable persuasiveness in their pursuit of peaceful improving relations with all other nations.


They're particularly creative perhaps because Sri Lankans understand the importance of peace more than populations elsewhere. They tolerated decades of insurgency before the Sri Lankan government finally prevailed. "Tamil Tigers" rebels tried unsuccessfully to take over the socialist government (or at least create an independent area called Tamil Eelam in the northeast). There were significant casualties over several decades before the insurgency was put down in 2009 according to reports. No democracy is perfect. But since then people have regularly demonstrated their freedom to express themselves publicly. And internal political differences have been resolved through elections, as their media indicated occurred recently, resulting in stability.


The past of apparent dis-unification isn't becoming the future. Sri Lankans are enjoying comparative satisfaction and calm today. They have a worldwide reputation for loving peace, and for working together generously and compassionately to help their own population and even other ones. And Sri Lanka is achieving improving relations globally easily. Sri Lanka therefore may enjoy a very optimistic future in peace internally and with all other nations.

Ali Sabry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a naturally appealing large island located off the Southern coast of India. Coastal and inland areas are gorgeous.


There are no other countries near Sri Lanka other than India. The people depend upon their already excellent relationship with India for the majority of their import needs as a result. Sri Lanka reassures other countries by relying upon India for management of some of their utilities.