COLOMBO : I extend my warm wishes to His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates on the 51st National day of United Arab Emirates.
Sri Lanka deeply values its close, friendly and warm relations with the United Arab Emirates, which are firmly rooted in our age-old trade and cultural links.
Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates have enjoyed over four decades of strong bilateral relationship that has withstood the test of time. Our two countries are bound by historic ties of friendship and close cooperation founded on reciprocal respect, shared principles and deepening people-to-people ties.
Let me emphasize my most profound gratitude for the generous assistance that the United Arab Emirates continues to make towards economic development of Sri Lanka,
We are confident that the strong bonds of friendship continue to prosper in the years ahead for the mutual benefit of our peoples.
I take this opportunity to wish H.E. Khaled Nasser Sulaiman Al Ameri,Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Colombo,And hope and pray our Relationship will grow from strength to greater strength.
