Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan are looking to further strengthen bilateral relations, with greater cooperation in investment, trade, agriculture, tourism and energy.
The matter was discussed when Kazakhstan Ambassador to Sri Lanka Sergey Viktorov met Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne at Parliament recently.
The Speaker reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s longstanding friendship with Kazakhstan, since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992, and welcomed the opening of Kazakhstan’s first resident Embassy in Colombo, in 2025, as an important milestone in bilateral relations.
He said Sri Lanka was keen to expand cooperation with Kazakhstan in several key sectors and invited the country to explore investment opportunities, noting Sri Lanka’s progress towards political and economic stability.
Ambassador Viktorov stressed the importance of further strengthening bilateral ties for the mutual benefit of both countries. He also briefed the Speaker on Kazakhstan’s recently introduced parliamentary system based on a unicameral legislature.
The Ambassador proposed establishing a Sri Lanka–Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Association to promote parliamentary exchanges and strengthen institutional cooperation between the two legislatures.
The Speaker expressed support for the proposal and said steps would be taken to establish the association.
The meeting also focused on strengthening parliamentary diplomacy and identifying new avenues for closer economic and bilateral cooperation.
Source: The Island