Sri Lanka, Thailand to start 3rd round FTA negotiations: Colombo

Ranil Wickremesinghe ..

COLOMBO, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka and Thailand are to hold the third round of negotiations on the free trade agreement between the two nations on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 in Colombo, Sri Lankan President's Media Division (PMD) said on Sunday.

Twenty-six delegates from Thailand will attend the discussions, the PMD said.

The discussions will focus on topics including trade in goods, trade in services, investments, rules of origin, custom cooperation, trade facilitation and economic cooperation, the PMD said.

According to the PMD, Sri Lanka in 2021 imported goods from Thailand worth 355 million U.S. dollars and exported goods worth 59 million dollars to Thailand.