{"id":80682,"date":"2013-04-05T12:55:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T12:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=80682"},"modified":"2013-04-13T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T10:23:48","slug":"ambassador-nonis-refrained-from-circulating-mattala-rajapaksa-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ambassador-nonis-refrained-from-circulating-mattala-rajapaksa-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Nonis Refrained From Circulating Mattala Rajapaksa Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chris Nonis spoke on the Ambassadors Panel of the Global Economic Forum 2013, UK, and highlighted the geo-strategic positioning of Sri Lanka at the nexus between shipping and aviation routes of the West and the East, and the substantial infrastructure development in the country in the post-conflict era. He spoke of the recently inaugurated Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, along with the Hambantota Port, which will help to position Sri Lanka as a logistics hub within the Indian Ocean. But Dr. Nonis refrained from circulating the\u00a0newsletter of the\u00a0Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, a source closed to Nonis told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nonis also spoke of the infrastructure investments in \u201cUthuru Wasanthaya\u201d and \u201cNagenahira Navodaya\u201d in the North and East, in addition to the comprehensive reconciliation and reintegration programmes in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ambassador-nonis-refrained-from-circulating-mattala-rajapaksa-newsletter\/chris-nonis\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80683\" title=\"Chris Nonis\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chris-Nonis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chris-Nonis.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chris-Nonis-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;\">L to R:<em>\u00a0Mr Gordon Campbell, Canadian High Commissioner, Ambassador Prof. Miomir Zuzul, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia, Ms Ruth Elizabeth Rouse, Grenadian High Commissioner and\u00a0Dr Chris Nonis, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the\u00a0UK.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the increasing number of tourists to Sri Lanka, with over 114,000 tourists from Britain alone, from a total of over 1 million in 2012, and that British Airways will shortly recommence its flights to Sri Lanka, which are strong indices of the tourism potential of the Country.<\/p>\n<p>The panel consisted of H.E. Mr Gordon Campbell, Canadian High Commissioner; Ms Ruth Elizabeth Rouse, Grenadian High Commissioner; chaired by Ambassador Prof. Miomir Zuzul, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia; and Dr Chris Nonis\u00ad, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the UK, who each spoke about their respective Countries on the theme of \u201cEconomic Diplomacy\u201d and its value in increasing trade and investment inflows to their Countries.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile an anonymous email is being circulated bashing the newsletter of the\u00a0Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport. &#8221; <em><strong>We are sure you will be impressed, as users, readers\u00a0and teachers of spoken and written English, by the linguistic brilliance of this memorable\u00a0tribute on the occasion of the opening of Sri Lanka&#8217;s second international airport. Please do forward this inspiring document to others who are working hard to improve this country&#8217;s\u00a0educational standards and Public Relations skills. We can all benefit from it. Note also the Editorial List of names<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; says the email.<\/p>\n<p>Article published in the souvenir to mark the opening of the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ambassador-nonis-refrained-from-circulating-mattala-rajapaksa-newsletter\/mattala\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80690\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-80690\" title=\"Mattala\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Mattala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Mattala.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Mattala-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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