{"id":1720,"date":"2026-05-24T04:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:38:10","slug":"%e0%ae%b5%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%9c%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a4-%e0%ae%b9%e0%af%87%e0%ae%b0%e0%ae%a4%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%a8%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%af%e0%af%82%e0%ae%9a%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b2%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%a8%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%af%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/05\/24\/%e0%ae%b5%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%9c%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a4-%e0%ae%b9%e0%af%87%e0%ae%b0%e0%ae%a4%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%a8%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%af%e0%af%82%e0%ae%9a%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b2%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%a8%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%af%81\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijitha Herath to Undertake Official Visit to New Zealand and Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, is scheduled to undertake an official visit to New Zealand and Australia from May 26 to June 3, 2026, at the invitation of the two governments.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Minister Vijitha Herath is expected to hold bilateral discussions with Winston Peters and Penny Wong.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions are expected to focus on matters of mutual interest and further strengthening diplomatic relations between the countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister will also meet senior government officials, business leaders, academics, think tanks, and representatives of the Sri Lankan community in both countries.<\/p>\n<p>A key highlight of the New Zealand visit will be the official opening ceremony of the Sri Lankan High Commission in Wellington.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the visit is expected to further strengthen the longstanding relations between Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Australia, while also expanding cooperation in areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, is scheduled to undertake an official visit to New Zealand and Australia from May 26 to June 3, 2026, at the invitation of the two governments. During the visit, Minister Vijitha Herath is expected to hold bilateral discussions with Winston Peters and Penny &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1725,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions\/1725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}