Sri Lanka–United Kingdom relations

British-Sri Lankan relations

Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
Diplomatic Mission
High Commission of Sri Lanka, London British High Commission, Colombo
Envoy
High Commissioner Amari Mandika Wijewardene High Commissioner James Dauris

Sri Lanka–United Kingdom relations, or British-Sri Lankan relations, are foreign relations between Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.

History

During the Napoleonic Wars Great Britain, fearing that French control of the Netherlands might deliver Sri Lanka to the French, occupied the coastal areas of the island (which they called Ceylon) with little difficulty in 1796. In 1802 the Treaty of Amiens formally ceded the Dutch part of the island to Britain and it became a crown colony. In 1803 the British invaded the Kingdom of Kandy in the first Kandyan War, but were repulsed. In 1815 Kandy was occupied in the second Kandyan War, finally ending Sri Lankan independence.

2015 onwards

President Maithripala Sirisena made an official visit to the United Kingdom in 2015 and met Prime Minister David Camaron and The queen[1], while Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe made an official visit in 2018 to meet Prime Minister Theresa May.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.newsfirst.lk/2015/03/11/president-sirisena-meets-queen-elizabeth-as-uk-vows-to-support-sri-lanka/
  2. ↑ http://colombogazette.com/2018/10/02/ranil-to-head-to-london-after-norway-visit/
  3. ↑ https://asianmirror.lk/news/item/28316-crisis-meets-crisis-ranil-to-meet-british-prime-minister-theresa-may-in-london


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