Key Points
- The Sri Lankan embassies in Oslo, Norway and Baghdad,
Iraq, and the consulate general in Sydney, Australia will
temporarily close on 30 March 2022
- The consular functions of these three missions will be
reassigned
Overview
The government of Sri Lanka
announced that it will temporarily close its
embassies in Oslo, Norway and Baghdad, Iraq. The
government will also close the Consulate General in Sydney,
Australia. These measures will go into effect on 30 April
2022.
Functions of the embassy in Oslo, Norway will be moved to the
Sri Lankan embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. Functions of the embassy
in Baghdad, Iraq will be shifted to the Sri Lankan embassy in Abu
Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.