DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
P R E S S  R E L E A S E
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SFA-AGR-364-06                                                                                                                                                                                                                             15 May 2006

DFA ANNOUNCES NEW NON-RESIDENTAMBASSADOR TO SRI LANKA

15 May 2006 – The Department of Foreign Affairs announces the appointment of Philippine Ambassador to Dhaka Norberto R. Basilio as the non-resident Philippine Ambassador to the  Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

The Department issues this announcement after the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka issued a Note Verbale, dated 20 April 2006, granting  the agrément to the appointment of Ambassador Basilio as the new Non-Resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka with residence in Bangladesh.

The Department and the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Manila also agreed to make a simultaneous announcement of the appointment on 15 May 2006. END.
 

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