Sri Lanka places great importance in its longstanding bilateral relations with France. Both countries have made considerable efforts to engage each other in different areas of cooperation, including people to people exchanges. this renewed opportunity will enable our athletes, youths and agencies to have more prospects for collaborations with their counterparts in France. though sports co operation both countries will endeavor exchange and foster cross cultural learning and tourism.

Ambassador Thilak Ranaviraja in Paris with Alexi Gunasekara the Commercial Councillor had initial discussions with the Ministry of sports and related bodies in France in enabling a robust partnership to be developed which will have a spillover effect into the other sectors such as youth, trade and culture