The European Union (EU) will visit Sri Lanka in October in order to assess whether a ban on imports of fish from the island can be lifted, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Mahishini Colonne told a media briefing that the EU Technical Evaluation Team “will engage in technical discussions to regarding measures that have been put in place and future steps for the revocation of the EU ban on fishery products”.
The visit is scheduled to take place from the 5th to the 9th of October.
Last week Sri Lanka said that revenues totalling $75 million had been lost since January due to the ban.
See our earlier posts:
Sri Lanka lost $75m due to EU fishing sanction (22 Jul 2015)
It was ‘impossible’ to have formal dialogue with Sri Lanka on human rights says EU (23 June 2015)
EU trade concessions will be regained after HRC session in Sept – Ranil (22 June 2015)
Sri Lanka confident in restoring GSP+ trade concessions (03 June 2015)
‘An awful lot remains to be done’ on human rights in Sri Lanka says EU envoy (10 May 2015)
Rights issues crucial to granting GSP+ in Sri Lanka, says EU Ambassador (31 March 2015)
Sri Lanka seeks to regain GSP+ (28 March 2015)
EU parliament's 'Friends of Sri Lanka' in visit to help remove fishing ban (08 March 2015)
EU suspends fish imports from Sri Lanka (16 January 2015)
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