On Thursday 8 March The Hon Rohitha Bogollagama, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka, will give an address on "Sri Lanka's Foreign and Security Policy: The Challenge of Terrorism" from 1pm.
The Hon Rohitha Bogollagama, MP was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 28 January 2007. He previously served as the Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion, Minister of Advanced Technology and National Enterprise Development, and Minister of Industries. Minister Bogollagama also represented the Sri Lankan Government at the two rounds of peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva last year, and was the Spokesman of the Government delegation. He entered Parliament in 2000 and served in the Parliamentary Consultative Committees on Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defence, Industrial Development & Investment Promotion, and Power & Energy.
Prior to his political career, the Hon Rohitha Bogollagama served as the Chairman and Director General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cement Corporation. As a member of the legal profession for over 30 years, his expertise in trade, shipping and commercial law took him on several assignments for negotiations and dispute settlement in Europe and Asia. He also represented several international firms during his career at the bar.
If you would like to attend this address please RSVP Kathleen James on email
james@iiss.org or tel. 020 7395 9109.
For security reasons, please bring a form of identification.
This event will be held on the 4th Floor of Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
