Sri Lanka Ambassador awarded with friendship insignia
Hanoi (VNA) – Sri Lankan Ambassador to Vietnam Prasanna
Gamage has been awarded with the insignia “For Peace, Friendship among Nations”,
the most noble distinction of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations
(VUFO), in recognition of his dedication to traditional friendship and
solidarity between the two peoples.
During a ceremony held by VUFO in Hanoi on December 16, VUFO
President Nguyen Phuong Nga said during his tenure of more than three years in
Vietnam, ties between the two countries have been growing despite COVID-19. Two-way
trade hit 460 million USD last year.
Vietnam backed Sri Lanka’s run for a seat at the Inter-Governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage for the
2022-2026 tenure while Sri Lanka supported Vietnam’s candidacy as a member of the
UN Human Rights Council for the 2023-2025 tenure, she said.
Ambassador Gamage, for his part, actively joined activities held
by VUFO and the Vietnam-Sri Lanka Friendship Association such as a ceremony
marking the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and
delivering Vietnamese people’s relief aid to Sri Lanka during its economic
crisis.
In his speech, he pledged to continue popularising Vietnam’s
images to international friends and believed that on the back of their past
achievements, ties between the two nations will go from strength to strength in
various spheres./.