Ambassador-designate to Qatar eager to strengthen SL-Qatar ties

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador-designate to Qatar Roshan Sithara Khan Azard assumed duties at the Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Doha on Thursday (23) becoming Sri Lanka’s first woman Ambassador to Qatar.

Ambassador-designate Azard outlined the priorities of the Sri Lankan Government and plans to strengthen bilateral ties between Sri Lanka and Qatar. She also emphasised the need to intensify the promotion of trade and investment between the two countries and strengthen people-to-people ties.

A career Sri Lanka Foreign Service Officer, Ambassador-designate Khan Azard joined the Sri Lanka Foreign Service in 1998 and has served in various capacities at the Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Ministry, the most recent being as the Additional Secretary for SAARC and Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to her assumption of duties in Qatar as the Ambassador-designate, she served at Sri Lanka Missions and Post in London, Chennai, Doha and Ottawa, where she served as the Deputy High Commissioner and Acting High Commissioner.

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