{"id":157829,"date":"2016-02-19T21:13:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=157829"},"modified":"2016-02-20T07:20:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T01:50:02","slug":"harsha-says-ecta-wont-jeopardize-jobs-for-lankans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/harsha-says-ecta-wont-jeopardize-jobs-for-lankans\/","title":{"rendered":"Harsha Says ECTA Won\u2019t Jeopardize Jobs For Lankans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst mounting concerns over the proposed Economic and Technology Cooperative Agreement (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=ETCA&amp;x=13&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ETC<\/span><\/a>A), deputy foreign minister Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Harsha+de+Silva&amp;x=8&amp;y=9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Harsha de Silva<\/span><\/a> assured that the agreement in no way jeopardizes the jobs of Sri Lankan professionals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/unp-urges-rambukwella-to-unblock-colombo-telegraph\/harsha-de-silva-colombo-telegraph\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-132954\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-132954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Harsha-De-Silva-Colombo-telegraph.jpg\" alt=\"Harsha De Silva Colombo telegraph\" width=\"639\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Harsha-De-Silva-Colombo-telegraph.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Harsha-De-Silva-Colombo-telegraph-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Harsha-De-Silva-Colombo-telegraph-800x530.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a>\u201cIndian Interior designers can\u2019t just come to Sri Lanka and start businesses, doctors can\u2019t just come here and open up dispensaries. There is no such clause in the proposed agreement,\u201d he told a news conference at the information department today.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that there are differences between the two countries, as India had a comparatively larger economy compared to Sri Lanka, and therefore the agreement will look at developing important sectors such as technology, services among others via ECTA.<\/p>\n<p>De Silva however noted that in the event there was a dearth for perhaps dockyard workers or ship repair workers, then the ECTA can be used to resolve this issue. \u201cOther than that, it is not like we are opening the gates and welcoming them with open arms and asking them to come work here,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":132954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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