During a meeting at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (26th), Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Hideaki Mizukoshi, confirmed Japan’s unwavering support for combating corruption and irregularities, a top priority of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government. He expressed a willingness to maintain a close partnership with Sri Lanka.
Ambassador Mizukoshi announced the prompt resumption of work on 11 stalled projects backed by the Japanese government. These projects include the Kandy City Water Management Project, Phase II of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Development Project, the Terrestrial Television Broadcast Digitization Project, the National Transmission and Distribution Network Development Project, Phase II of the Anuradhapura North Water Supply Project, the Rural Infrastructure Development Project, the Kalu Ganga Water Supply Project, as well as enhancements to healthcare services.
Mizukoshi detailed that the agreement involves the timely completion of the first phase of the Habarana-Veyangoda transmission line project and the Anuradhapura North water supply project, nearing their conclusion with Japanese aid. He also emphasized the payments related to the recently concluded Kelani Ganga new bridge construction project.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Head of the Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka, Nayoki Kamoshida, First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan, Kenji Ohashi, and Senior Additional Secretary to the President, Roshan Gamage.
