Sri Lanka expanding relations with Africa

Delivering a keynote address at an event to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU)/African Union (AU) in Colombo recently, Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs,  Karunathilaka Amunugama said relations between Sri Lanka and Africa has a long distinguished history beginning with the arrival of Arab traders in the early 11th century and the island nation hopes to enhance its existing economic and trade relations with the African nations further through business exchanges.

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