The Royal Thai Embassy, Colombo in collaboration with Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) will be organizing the seminar on “Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) as an approach towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” at BCIS (in the premise of BMICH), Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7, on 6 July 2017 at 16.30-18.30 hrs.

On 15 April 2017 from 10.30 hours the Royal Thai Embassy organised the merits making ceremony at the Jayasekararamaya Temple on the occasion of Songkran Festival.

On 28 March 2017, Ms. Natnapang Damrongsoontornchai, Chargé d'Affaires, the Royal Thai Embassy in Colombo, presented a donation at the amount of 50,000 Thai baht (approximately 208,333 Sri Lankan rupees) to Venerable Phrakhrukhantisaranukul, a Thai monk resident in Jayasekhararama Temple, to support the renovation of the Dhammananda Dhammawansa Maha Raja Mangala Commemoration Building – a multipurpose building of the Jayasekhararama Temple, which has been used for organising religious ceremonies by the Thai community and Buddhists in Sri Lanka.

On 20 February 2017, His Excellency Mr. Nopporn Adchariyavanich, Ambassador of Thailand to Sri Lanka, met with Honourable Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, to hand over a cheque at the amount of 8,496,176.72 Sri Lankan rupees (or approximately 2,000,000 baht) which is the donation from the Royal Thai Government as a disaster relief from the upcoming drought in Sri Lanka, particularly the expected shortage of food and water in the next 1-2 months.

The Royal Thai Embassy in Colombo organized the merit-making ceremony on the occasion of the hundredth day after the passing away of H.M. late King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand on 20 January 2017 at Kelaniya Rajamahaviharaya.

On 19 January 2017, His Excellency Mr. Nopporn Adchariyavanich, Ambassador of Thailand to Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka, to bid farewell upon the completion of his tour of duty in Sri Lanka, and will soon assume the new post in Helsingki as the Ambassador of Thailand to Finland.