Activities at the CHOGM 2013 in Sri Lanka

Hon. Bernard K. Membe (MP), Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation in a discussion with Ambassador Peter Kallaghe (left), High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania in London with accreditation to the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and the Commonwealth, and High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania in India with accreditation to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at Hilton Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  Minister Membe is in Sri Lanka attending the Commonwealth Ministerial level meeting scheduled for the 13th to the 14th November 2013.  (Photo by Tagie Daisy Mwakawago)

Hon. Bernard K. Membe (MP) (3rd left) holds a brief meeting with Tanzania delegation today in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  In the photo are Ambassador Peter Kallaghe (2nd left), Prof. Severine Rugumamu (4th left), Ambassador Celestine Mushy (3rd right), Director of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation and Ambassador Mbelwa Kairuki (2nd right), Director of the Department of Asia and Australasia.  Others are Mr. Cosato Chumi (right), Foreign Service Officer and Mr. Thobias Makoba (left), Private Assistant to Hon. Minister Membe. (Photo by Tagie Daisy Mwakawago)

The Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) 2013 was launched this morning by President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka.  The CBF is scheduled to continue until the 14th November, 2013.  (Photo by the Commonwealth Secretariat).

This is a site where the opening ceremony of CHOGM 2013 will take place.  It is called the Nelum Pokuna (Lotus Pond) Mahinda Rajapakse Theatre, located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  (Photo by the Commonwealth Secretariat).