MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN
COLOMBO : Pakeer Mohideen Amza Additional Secretary, Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Ministry will leave for Saudi Arabia shortly as Sri Lanka’s ambassador to the Kingdom
Sources from the Saudi embassy in Colombo told Colombo Times that the appointment of Amza as Sri Lanka’s ambassador in Riyadh has been confirmed by the Saudi ministry of foreign affairs and the mission will get the official intimation shortly.
Amza counts decades of experience in the island’s foreign service and he is considered as one of the finest diplomats who has been shining well in the island’s foreign service by way of his exemplary performances as a career diplomat.
Besides serving in the foreign ministry, Amza had served as ambassador to Turkey with concurrent accreditation to Georgia and Ukraine, ambassador to Belgium with concurrent accreditation to Luxembourg and Head of Mission to EU.
He was also the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Berlin and had also served as Acting High Commissioner of Sri Lanka High Commission in London.
As Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Chennai, Amza worked extensively with the Indian Central Government and Tamil Nadu State Government to continue providing Sri Lanka’s education and examination facilities for the children among the 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees who were living in 114 camps across Tamil Nadu. He Organised Sri Lanka’s General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level Examination for the benefit of Sri Lankan children living in Tamil Nadu refugees camps in the year 2006 and 2007.
