Sri Lanka and Türkiye Sign Agricultural MoU and Air Transport Protocol During First-Ever Deputy Minister Visit to Ankara The meeting took place at Türkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 27 October 2026. Photograph: Colombo Times. Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment, Arun Hemachandra, has described his Ankara visit as a significant step in the development of Sri Lanka–Türkiye relations. In his own account of the visit, he said it offered an opportunity to build on the longstanding friendship between the two countries and to advance a more comprehensive, practical and forward-looking partnership. This is a diplomacy story, but one with consequences that reach well beyond the diplomatic table: a first-of-its-kind visit, two signed instruments, and discussions spanning trade, employment and connectivity. Sri Lanka and Türkiye have signed two bilateral instruments covering agricultural cooperation and air transport during a landmark official visit to Ankara by Sri Lanka’s ...