Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Amza felicitated

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Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Packeer Mohideen Amza (second from right) was hosted at an evening tea party by Colombo Times Editor and Arab News Correspondent in Colombo Mohammed Rasooldeen at the Mandarina Hotel in the capital on Saturday. From left: R. Khan from the Pakistan Embassy, Traveller Global Managing Director Rizmi Reyal, Turkish Ambassador R. Demet Şekercioğlu, Rasooldeen, Ambassador Amza, and Bangladesh Ambassador Tareq Md. Ariful Islam

Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia P.M. Amza was hosted at an evening tea party by Editor of Colombo Times and Arab News Correspondent in Colombo, Mohammed Rasooldeen at the Mandarina Hotel in the capital on Saturday.

Bangladesh Ambassador Tareq Md. Ariful Islam and Turkish Ambassador R. Demet Şekercioğlu were present at the event, while Saudi Ambassador Abdulnasser Al-Harthi and Justice Minister Ali Sabry sent their greetings and good wishes to Amza since they were out of Colombo. Media personnel, representatives from youth organisations, members of the Colombo business community were present to honour the diplomat.

Foreign Ministry Additional Secretary Economic Affairs Amza will leave for Saudi Arabia shortly as Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the Kingdom

Amza counts decades of experience in the foreign service and he is considered as one of the finest diplomats who has been shining well in the island’s foreign service by way of his exemplary performances as a career diplomat.

Besides serving in the Foreign Ministry, Amza had served as Ambassador to Turkey with concurrent accreditation to Georgia and Ukraine, Ambassador to Belgium with concurrent accreditation to Luxembourg and Head of Mission to EU.

He was also the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Berlin and had also served as Acting High Commissioner of Sri Lanka High Commission in London.

As Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Chennai, Amza worked extensively with the Indian Central Government and Tamil Nadu State Government to continue providing Sri Lanka’s education and examination facilities for the children among the 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees who were living in 114 camps across Tamil Nadu. He organised Sri Lanka’s General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level Examination for the benefit of Sri Lankan children living in Tamil Nadu refugee camps in the years 2006 and 2007.