He said that when the export income increases there will be an increase of jobs as well. “We have started a program to settle the foreign debt through exports and tourism”, he added.

He made these remarks yesterday (24th May) at the opening ceremony of the Flex-Print Factory at Flinth Commercial Park, Kadawata.

“We request exporters to increase their production and the income and thereby enter the competitive market. Our aim is to strengthen the local entrepreneurs to enter the export market. ”

He said that the GSP Plus tariff concession was not given to the country by the EU on a platter, but due to the formation of the Good Governance Government under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena. “We’ll give concessions for about three, four years. We should achieve our goals within the next two years. The private sector has also been given the responsibility of providing jobs to the youngsters. ”