Ukraine
On the 12th of February 1992, the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has recognized the Independence of Ukraine with the simultaneous establishment of the diplomatic relations.
On the 13th of December 2002, H.E. N. Sikkander, the Ambassador, paid his farewell call on H.E. Volodymyr Yelchenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and thanked him for the cooperation extended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to establish diplomatic relations and assistance in concluding the Trade Agreement and finalising the Sri Lanka-Ukraine Double Taxation Agreement.
Political contacts
Top rank officials of Ukraine and Sri Lanka have not been exchanged with the visits up today, but some contacts on the official level took place.
October 1996 – The Delegation of the State Committee on Bridge Building and Architecture of Ukraine visited Sri Lanka.
March 1999 – H.E.Mr.Lakshman Kiriella, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka visited Ukraine.
August 1999 – The Lankan Delegation headed by the H.E.Mr.N.Sikkander, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Ukraine (with residence in Moscow) visited Kyiv. It included members of diplomatic staff of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation and some representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka.
January 2003 – H.E.Dr.Oleh E. Semenets, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of India has visited Sri Lanka to present the Letters of Credence to H.E.Mrs.Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
September 2003 – H.E.Mr.Lakshman Kiriella, Minister of Plantation Industries of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka visited Ukraine.
November 2004 – Mr.M.Pyatnitskiy, Deputy Minister of Economy and for European Integration visited Sri Lanka and signed Bilateral Protocol on Market Access of Goods and Services between Ukraine and Sri Lanka.
November 2006 – New Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Ukraine H.E.Mr.Udayanga Weeratunga met with Mr.Yuriy Kostenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, for handing copies of credential letters.
September 2007 – H.E.Dr.Gamini Lakshman Peiris, Minister of Export Development and International Trade of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, visited Ukraine and met with H.E. Mr.Arseniy Yatsenuk, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and Mr.Serhii Chelnokov, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine.
March 2008 – H.E.Dr.Igor Z.Polikha, Ambassador of Ukraine in the Republic of India, visited Sri Lanka to present the Letters of Credence to H.E. Mr.Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
June 2008 – H.E.Dr.Palitha Kohona, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka visited Ukraine and met with Mr.Oleksandr Gorin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, for holding the First Ukrainian –Lankan Political Consultations.
Treaty and Legal Basis of bilateral relations
As of September, 2008 the Legal and Treaty basis of the bilateral relations between Ukraine and Sri Lanka consists from 4 international treaties.
1. Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Date of signature: 12.02.1993
Date of entry in force: 12.02.1993
Term of validity: unlimited
2. Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on Trade and Economic Cooperation
Date of signature: 10.08.1999
Date of entry in force: 29.06.2000
Term of validity: unlimited
3. Bilateral Protocol on Market Access of Goods and Services between Ukraine and Sri Lanka
Date of signature: 11.11.2004
Date of entry in force: 11.11.2004
Term of validity: unlimited
4. Protocol on Political Consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
Date of signature: 19.06.2008
Date of entry in force: 19.06.2008
Term of validity: 5 years
Useful links
President of Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Parliment of Ukraine
Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation
Address: 18, Leontievskiy Lane, Moscow, 125009, Russia
Tel.: +7-495-629 35 42, 629-46-40, 629-97-42
Fax: +7-495-629-46-81
Web-site: http://www.mfa.gov.ua/russia/ru/
