The Government of Germany granted 13 million Euros to Sri Lanka to implement five development projects during this year. This grant was pledged to Sri Lanka during His Excellency President Maithripala Sirisena’s official tour of Germany in February this month.
The agreements with regard to this grant were signed at the Ministry of Finance Monday (July 25). Secretary of Ministry of Finance Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga signed in the agreement on behalf of the Sri Lankan Government while German Ambassador to Sri Lanka Dr. Jürgen Morhard signed in on behalf of the Government of Germany.
Among the projects to be implemented under this grant are: Wilpattu National Park and its Buffer Zone Management Project, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Project and Social Integration Project and Transformation Facilitation Project.
The agreements were signed to release 13 million Euros grant to implement these four projects and, another project. Another project titled “Project of Quality Infrastructure Improvement in Sri Lanka” has already been implemented under a budgetary allocation of one million Euros.
The Government of Germany has been supporting Sri Lanka by sponsoring projects of different kinds such as granting technical support and offering grants assistance in many forms intending to uplift the living condition of people of Sri Lanka.