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SL and Switzerland hold third meeting on migration partnership

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July 31, 2025

Sri Lanka and Switzerland recently exchanged views on current migration trends and opportunities for Sri Lankan workers through the development and recognition of the domestic skills development framework.

This issue was dealt at the third meeting on the migration partnership between Sri Lanka and Switzerland, held in Bern, on 29 July, 2025.

The following is the text of statement issued by the Foreign Ministry yesterday on the meeting:

“Sugeeshwara Gunaratna, Director General/Europe & North America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, and Ambassador Hendrick Krauskopf, Director/International Affairs of the State Secretariat for Migration of the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police, co-chaired the meeting.

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