Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena claimed his government would regain the GSP+ trade concession by next week, in a speech delivered on Friday.
Speaking at the opening of a bridge in Kandy, Mr Sirisena said during his tenure the government was able to rebuild relations with the international community.
He went on to add that by next week, the GSP+ trade concessions, which were revoked during the previous government, would be returned.
Mr Sirisena was speaking at an event alongside the British High Commissioner, government ministers and a Buddhist monk.