Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last spoke to his Sri Lankan counterpart.

The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs last spoke with the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in May 2020. The Minister of State for South Asia speaks regularly with Foreign Minister Gunawardena and with the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the UK, most recently in November and December 2020 respectively. The UK's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka also has regular engagement with the Government of Sri Lanka, most recently in January 2021.