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Ambassador Ameer Ajwad presents credentials
View(s):Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Omar Lebbe Ameer Ajwad presented Letters of Credence as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka, to Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz AlSaud, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who received the credentials on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the King of Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
Ambassador Ajwad pledged to work diligently to consolidate bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan, President of the Royal Court Fahd bin Mohammed Al-Issa, the Commander of the Royal Guard, Lieutenant General Suhail bin Saqr Al-Mutairi and the Deputy Minister of Protocol Affairs Abdul Majeed Al- Shammari were also present during the presentation ceremony.
Ambassador Ameer Ajwad is a career diplomat and a Special Grade Officer in the Sri Lanka Foreign Service (SLFS) with over 27 years of experience, including various assignments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic missions abroad. He also served as Sri Lanka’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Sultanate of Oman with the concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Yemen (2019–22). His diplomatic assignments entailed in Singapore as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner (Actg) with the concurrent accreditation to Brunei Darussalam (2018-19), Deputy High Commission of Sri Lanka in Chennai, India (2011-15), the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland (2005-09) and the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Riyadh, KSA (2000-03).
He holds a Master’s Degree in Laws (LL.M) from the University of Colombo and Bachelor’s Degrees in Arts (BA) from the University of Peradeniya and Bachelor’s Degree in Laws (LL.B) from the University of Colombo. He was admitted to the Bar as attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court in 1997. He has authored the book “Sri Lanka – Oman Relations: Past, Present and Future.”