EU to check Sri Lanka's progress on GSP+ scheme

A team from the European parliament is to visit Sri Lanka this week evaluate progress on made on GSP+ accession. 

The delegation, which includes members of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade, is expected to visit April 4 to 6. 

The delegation comprises the Standing Rapporteur for South Asia Sajjad Karim, European Conservatives and Reformists member Jan Zahradil, Socialists and Democrats member David Martin, Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) member Tiziana Beghin, European People's Party (EPP) member Paul Rubig and the Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) member Franz Obermayr. 

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