Philippines–Sri Lanka relations

Philippines - Sri Lanka relations
Philippines	Sri Lanka

The Philippines–Sri Lanka relations refers to the bilateral relationship between the Republic of the Philippines and State of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

History

Diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Sri Lanka were established in January 1951 with the Philippines opening a diplomatic mission office in Colombo. Sri Lanka has a Charge d’ Affaires-level mission based in Japan with the Philippines. The diplomatic missions of both countries in Manila and Colombo were elevated to embassies in 1964 and 1966 respectively. However the Philippines and Sri Lanka decided to close their embassies, in Colombo and Manila respectively, on June 30, 1993.^[1]

In September 1998, Sri Lanka reopened its diplomatic mission in Manila driven by Sri Lanka interest to coordinate with the Asian Development Bank which is based in Manila. The Philippines as the founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), also contributed to Sri Lanka's will to reopen its embassy.^[1] To commemorate positive bilateral relations, Sri Lanka gave a Sri Lankan elephant named Mali to the Philippine which is now being cared for by the City Government of Manila through the Manila Zoological and Botanical Gardens. The Philippines maintains a Honorary Consulate in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Economic relations

There are 400-500 Overseas Filipino Workers in Sri Lanka^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "srilanka Philippines relations". Slembmanila.ph. Retrieved 2013-06-10.

Foreign relations of the Philippines

Bilateral relations

Africa

Americas

North America	Canada Mexico United States

South America	Argentina Brazil Chile Peru Venezuela

Caribbean	Cuba

Asia

ASEAN	Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Middle East	Bahrain Iran Iraq Israel Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Turkey United Arab Emirates

Elsewhere	Armenia China (Hong Kong) India Japan Mongolia North Korea Pakistan South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Timor Leste

Europe

Oceania

Former States

Multilateral relations

ASEAN European Union United Nations

Diplomacy

Treaties	Manila Accord Sandugo Treaty of Cebu (1565) Treaty of Manila (1946)

Current	JPEPA PH–US Mutual Defense Treaty PH–Australia SOVFA PH–US Visiting Forces Agreement Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty United Nations Charter

Disputes	Sabah dispute South China Sea dispute

Missions	Diplomatic missions of / in the Philippines

Related topics	Department of Foreign Affairs List of diplomatic visits to the Philippines Overseas Filipino

Department of Foreign Affairs

Foreign relations of Sri Lanka

Africa	Kenya South Africa

Americas	Cuba United States

Asia	Bangladesh China India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Philippines

Europe	Denmark Estonia Holy See Hungary Russia Switzerland United Kingdom

Oceania	Australia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minister)	Diplomatic missions of / in Sri Lanka List of heads of missions from Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Overseas Service Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies

International organizations	United Nations G77 IAEA IMF ISO Commonwealth of Nations NAM SAARC UNESCO WHO WTO SAEU BIMSTEC

Ministry of Foreign Affairs website

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