With a view of expanding Sri Lanka’s export basket to Thailand, the Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Bangkok introduced the National Crafts Council of Sri Lanka and prominent Sri Lankan businessmen to the CP Group which, owns renowned retail chains, Lotus’s, Macro, and Seven Eleven in Thailand.
Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, Mahinda Amaraweera emphasized that the on-going agricultural modernization program initiated by the current government aims to advance local agriculture, making it impossible to use farmers as political tools.