Foreign Minister discusses food security challenges in Sri Lanka with FAO and WFP representatives

G.L. Peiris met with Vimlendra Sharan, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative and Abdur Rahim Siddiqui, the Country Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) to Sri Lanka on Wednesday (May 25), at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The focus of the discussion fell on further collaboration between the FAO, WFP and Sri Lanka to address the current challenges faced by Sri Lanka in relation to food security.

While outlining the multiple challenges currently faced by the country, the foreign minister thanked the FAO and WFP representatives for the crucial role played by them in providing guidance and support to the Government at this difficult juncture.