President of Hwasin Sea & Air Cargo Seo Minjai appointed as the new Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in South Gyeongsang Province, Republic of Korea

The Government of Sri Lanka appointed Dr. Seo Minjai, President of Hwasin Sea & Air Cargo Co. Ltd., and Professor of Distribution Economics at Gyeongsang University, as the Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in South Gyeongsang Province with effect from 10 April 2018.  The Commission of Appointment issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Tilak Marapana and the Exequatur issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea Kang Kyung-wha were handed over to Dr. Seo by Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in the Republic of Korea Manisha Gunasekera on Wednesday 18 April at the Sri Lanka Embassy in Seoul.

Dr. Seo has a doctoral degree in Economics from Dong-A University, and is the first Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka to be appointed by the Embassy following the appointment of Mr. Kim Im-kweon, Chairman of the Korean National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives as the new Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in Busan on 30 October 2017.

Embassy of Sri Lanka                   

Seoul, Republic of Korea 

17. 05. 2018