Sri Lanka at Expo 2020 Dubai
When His Highness the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai invited Sri Lanka to participate at the Expo 2020 Dubai, Hon. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka accepted the invitation on behalf of the Government and the people of Sri Lanka as Sri Lanka considers the UAE and Gulf Region as an important economic partner, and, thus, embraced the opportunity to showcase Sri Lanka internationally at this World Expo.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Management (CCEM) at its meeting held on 10th January 2018, decided that Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) should lead this event together with the Department of Commerce (DOC) and a Committee headed by EDB and DOC with the representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media, Ministry of Tourism Development, Wildlife & Christian Religious Affairs and Private sector for effective implementation of the project instead of the project being led by a single private sector individual as it had been done on previous occasions.