EMBASSY OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL
COLOMBO
Hilton Colombo Residence - Business Suite 2805
Tel: 536-2805 ; Fax: 230-0304
PRESS RELEASE- 20th November 2007
BRAZILIAN EMBASSY OPENED IN COLOMBO
An interim office for the newly established Brazilian Embassy in Colombo
has been set up at the JAIC Hilton Residency recently. The official flag
raising ceremony for the new office took place on Tuesday (20.11.2007)
morning. Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr.
T.V. Maduwegedera, Brazilian Chargé d´Affaires, Antonio Cottas
de Jesus Freitas, present and former Sri Lankan Ambassadors to Brasilia,
General Shantha Kottegoda, and General Rohan Daluwatte and Chancellery
Assistant, Wellington Alves de Abreu participated in the event. Honorary
Consul for Brazil in Sri Lanka, Jennifer Moragoda was also present. The
Government of Brazil had originally set up an embassy in Sri Lanka in
the early Sixties, which unfortunately was closed in 1969. In recognition
of the growing importance of Sri Lanka-Brazil relations, President Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva, on the advice of the Minister of Foreign
Relations, Celso Amorim, took the decision to reestablish its mission
here. The new Ambassador, Pedro Henrique Lopes Borio, is scheduled to
arrive in the end of January.
The Embassy of Brazil expresses its profound gratitude and deep recognition
to the Government of Sri Lanka and its authorities, both in Colombo
and in Brasilia, for the generous and continued assistance received
regarding the present reopening of the Embassy. Moreover, the Embassy
of Brazil is deeply grateful to the Honorary Consulate, the Honorary
Consul, Mrs. Jennifer Moragoda, and the previous Honorary Consul, Mr.
Milinda Moragoda, for the tireless work they have carried out on behalf
of Brazil, superbly representing the country in the absence of the Embassy.
The Honorary Consulate will continue to operate and to work in close
cooperation with the reopened Embassy.
Photo on Right: Brazilian Chargé d'Affaires, Antonio Cottas
de Jesus Freitas, Antonio Cottas de Jesus Freitas (raising the Brazilian
flag); Photo on Left: Pictured in foreground: L-R: Honorary Consul for
Brazil in Sri Lanka, Jennifer Moragoda, former Sri Lankan Ambassador
to Brasilia, General Rohan Daluwatte; Additional Secretar to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, T.V. Maduwegedera and former Sri Lankan Ambassadors
to Brasilia, General Shantha Kottegoda.
Gamini Sarath Godakanda
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