List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Sri Lanka

This list includes Sri Lanka's serving ambassadors, high commissioners, permanent representatives, and other senior diplomatic representatives. High commissioners head diplomatic missions in Commonwealth of Nations member states, while ambassadors lead missions in other countries. The head of a mission to an international organisation is known as a permanent representative. All are appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and may include career diplomats, non-career diplomats, and members of the Sri Lanka Overseas Service.

Current ambassadors and high commissioners

As of 6 February 2025

Host country	Location	Type and website	Ambassador/ High Commissioner	List	Ref.
Australia Accredited to:   Fiji   Papua New Guinea   Samoa   Solomon Islands   Vanuatu	Canberra	High Commission	Chitranganee Wagiswara	List
Austria Accredited to:   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Czech Republic   Hungary   Serbia   Slovakia   Slovenia CTBTO   IAEA UNIDO UNODC	Vienna	Embassy and Permanent Mission	M. R. K. Lenagala
Bahrain	Manama	Embassy	Reethisri Wijeratne Mendis
Bangladesh	Dhaka	High Commission	Dharmapala Weerakkody
Belgium Accredited to:   Luxembourg   European Union	Brussels	Embassy	Chandana Weerasena
Brazil Accredited to:   Argentina   Chile   Colombia   Paraguay   Peru   Suriname   Uruguay	Brasília	Embassy	Sumith Dassanayake
Canada	Ottawa	High Commission	Mohamad Jauhar	List
China Accredited to:   North Korea   Mongolia	Beijing	Embassy	Majintha Jayesinghe	List
Cuba Accredited to:   Dominican Republic   Ecuador   El Salvador   Haiti   Honduras   Jamaica   Panama   Venezuela	Havana	Embassy	Nishantha Ulugetenne	List
Egypt Accredited to:   Eritrea   Libya	Cairo	Embassy	A. S. K. Seneviratne		[1] [2]
Ethiopia Accredited to:   Djibouti   Somalia   African Union UNECA	Addis Ababa	Embassy	K. K. Theshantha Kumarasiri
France Accredited to:   Andorra   Monaco   Portugal   Spain   UNESCO UN Tourism	Paris	Embassy	Manisha Gunasekera	List
Germany Accredited to:   Croatia   Montenegro   North Macedonia    Switzerland	Berlin	Embassy	Varuni Muthukumarana
India	New Delhi	High Commission	Kshenuka Senewiratne	List
Indonesia Accredited to:   ASEAN	Jakarta	Embassy	Jayanath Colombage
Iran Accredited to:   Azerbaijan   Turkmenistan	Tehran	Embassy	Vacant
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy	N. A. Ranasinghe
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy	Nimal Bandara		[3]
Italy Accredited to:   Albania   Cyprus   Greece   Malta   San Marino   FAO ICCROM IFAD WFP	Rome	Embassy	Satya Rodrigo
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy	E. Rodney M. Perera
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	J. A. D. S. Priyangika Wijegunasekara
Kenya Accredited to:   Benin   Burkina Faso   Democratic Republic of the Congo   Republic of the Congo   Côte d'Ivoire   Gabon   Gambia   Ghana   Guinea   Guinea Bissau   Liberia   Mali   Mauritania   Nigeria   Rwanda   Senegal   Sierra Leone   Tanzania   Togo   Uganda   South Sudan UNEP UN-Habitat	Nairobi	High Commission	Velupillai Kananathan
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy	L. P. Ratnayaka		[1]
Lebanon Accredited to:   Syria	Beirut	Embassy	Kapila Jayaweera		[4]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	High Commission	Dabare Liyanage Sumangala Dias
Maldives	Malé	High Commission	Ranga Goonawardena
Myanmar	Yangon	Embassy	Prabashini Ponnamperuma
Nepal	Kathmandu	Embassy	Sudarshana Pathirana
Netherlands Accredited to: OPCW	The Hague	Embassy	Rekha Gunasekera
New Zealand	Wellington	High Commission	W. G. S. Prasanna		[1] [5]
Nigeria	Abuja	High Commission	A. Sabarullah Khan
Oman Accredited to:   Yemen	Muscat	Embassy	A. L. Sabarullah Khan
Pakistan	Islamabad	High Commission (URL)	Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne	List
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Chanaka Talpahewa
Poland Accredited to:   Bulgaria	Warsaw	Embassy	Priyangika Dharmasena
Qatar	Doha	Embassy	R. S. Khan Azard		[1] [6]
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	M. E. M. Joseph Weninger
Russia Accredited to:   Armenia   Belarus   Moldova   Uzbekistan	Moscow	Embassy	Shobini Gunasekera	List	[1] [7]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	O. L. Ameer Ajwad
Seychelles Accredited to:   Madagascar   Mauritius	Victoria	High Commission	Srimal Wickremasinghe
Singapore	Singapore	High Commission	Senarath Dissanayake
South Africa Accredited to:   Angola   Botswana   Eswatini   Lesotho   Malawi   Mozambique   Namibia   Zambia   Zimbabwe	Pretoria	High Commission	Gamini Gunawardane
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	Savitri I. Panabokke
Sweden Accredited to:   Denmark   Estonia   Finland   Iceland   Latvia   Lithuania   Norway	Stockholm	Embassy	Kapila Fonseka		[8]
Thailand Accredited to:   Cambodia   Laos UNESCAP	Bangkok	Embassy	Wijayanthi Edirisinghe
Turkey Accredited to:   Georgia   Ukraine	Ankara	Embassy	S. Hasanthi Urugodawatte Dissanayake
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	Udaya Indrarathna
United Kingdom	London	High Commission (URL)	Rohitha Bogollagama	List
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy (URL)	Mahinda Samarasinghe	List
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	Poshitha Perera

Representatives to non-sovereign territories

As of 3 November 2024

Host terriotory	Location	Type and website	Representative	Ref.
Palestine	Ramallah	Representative Office	M. A. Fawzan Anver

Ambassadors and permanent representatives to international organisations

As of 3 November 2024

Host organisation	Location	Type and website	Ambassador/ Permanent Representative/ Consul General	List	Ref.
United Nations Accredited to:   Bahamas	New York City	Permanent Mission	Mohan Pieris	List
United Nations Accredited to:   Holy See    Switzerland   WTO	Geneva	Permanent Mission and Consulate General	Himalee Subhashini Arunatilaka

Other senior diplomatic representatives

As of 3 November 2024

Host country	Location	Type and website	Deputy High Commissioner/ Consul General	Ref.
Australia	Melbourne	Consulate General	Sandith Samarasinghe
Canada	Toronto	Consulate General	Thushara Rodrigo
China	Guangzhou	Consulate General	Suranga Algewatte
China	Shanghai	Consulate General	Anura Fernando
India	Chennai	Deputy High Commission (URL)	D. Venkateshwaran
India	Mumbai	Consulate General	Kumaran Valsan Vethody
Italy	Milan	Consulate General	Dilani Weerakoon
Pakistan	Karachi	Consulate General	Jagath Abeywarna
Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	Consulate General	Falah Alhabshi Mowlana
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Consulate General	Alexi Gunasekera
United States	Los Angeles	Consulate General	Lalith P. Chandradasa

Sources

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Sri Lanka Missions
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Mission News
• Sri Lanka Tourism Development Board: Sri Lankan Embassies in other countries

See also

• Foreign relations of Sri Lanka
• List of diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka
• List of diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka
• Visa policy of Sri Lanka
• Visa requirements for Sri Lankan citizens

References

1. "President appoints 4 new Ambassadors and High Commissioner". www.adaderana.lk. Archived from the original on 2025-01-08. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
2. "Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to Egypt Sisira Senavirathne assumes duties". mfa.gov.lk. 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
3. "The New Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Israel Nimal Bandara presents Credentials to Israel President Isaac Herzog". mfa.gov.lk. 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
4. "Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Lebanon presents credentials". mfa.gov.lk. 2025-02-05. Archived from the original on 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
5. "Sri Lanka's first resident High Commissioner to New Zealand presents credentials to Governor-General of New Zealand". mfa.gov.lk. 2025-02-03. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
6. "Ambassador Sithara Khan presents credentials to the Emir of Qatar". mfa.gov.lk. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
7. "Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation Shobini Gunasekera assumes duties". mfa.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
8. "Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Norway presents credentials". mfa.gov.lk. 2025-02-20. Archived from the original on 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2025-02-21.

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Sri Lanka: Official website
• Government of Sri Lanka: Official web portal