{"id":2290,"date":"2026-06-07T15:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2026-06-07T15:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:21:28","slug":"deputy-minister-arun-hemachandra-attends-afds-20th-anniversary-celebration-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/06\/07\/deputy-minister-arun-hemachandra-attends-afds-20th-anniversary-celebration-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Minister Arun Hemachandra Attends AFD\u2019s 20th Anniversary Celebration in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment <strong>Arun Hemachandra<\/strong> attended the 20th anniversary celebration of <strong>Agence Fran\u00e7aise de D\u00e9veloppement<\/strong> (AFD) in Sri Lanka, alongside representatives from <strong>France<\/strong>, the <strong>European Union<\/strong>, and AFD.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the gathering, Deputy Minister Hemachandra highlighted AFD\u2019s significant contributions to Sri Lanka since the aftermath of the <strong>2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami<\/strong>. He noted the agency\u2019s support in key sectors including water supply and sanitation, urban development, renewable energy, and climate resilience.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Minister expressed Sri Lanka\u2019s appreciation for the continued assistance provided by France, the European Union, and AFD in supporting the country\u2019s development priorities.<\/p>\n<p>He also reaffirmed Sri Lanka\u2019s commitment to further strengthening cooperation with its international partners in areas such as sustainable development, trade and investment, climate action, and digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>The event marked two decades of AFD\u2019s engagement in Sri Lanka and highlighted the longstanding partnership between Sri Lanka, France, the European Union, and AFD in promoting sustainable and inclusive development initiatives across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Arun Hemachandra attended the 20th anniversary celebration of Agence Fran\u00e7aise de D\u00e9veloppement (AFD) in Sri Lanka, alongside representatives from France, the European Union, and AFD. Addressing the gathering, Deputy Minister Hemachandra highlighted AFD\u2019s significant contributions to Sri Lanka since the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2290","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\/2290","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=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions\/2292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}