Colombo, September 12, 2024. The Cuban ambassador to Sri Lanka, Andrés Marcelo González Garrido, received Prasanna Kulatunge and Ravin Fernando, both directors of I TV Media Network, which includes the channels, ART TV, the pioneer terrestrial channel, and Gaja TV, the Premium Sports Channel, at the diplomatic mission in Colombo.
During the meeting, the achievements made by Cuba in the sports sphere and the interest of this television media company to promote them in Sri Lanka were highlighted.
The ambassador referred to the different Sri Lankan professionals who have been graduated in Cuba in the specialty of sport and who are currently successfully working in this country with the national teams of the different disciplines, as well as in key positions in sports institutions.
Cuban coaches have provided collaboration in Sri Lanka and there is an interest in restarting this cooperation. Finally, the ambassador presented Prasanna Kulatunge with a catalogue of professional services offered by CubaDeportes s.a, a commercial company that represents the Cuban sports movement, as well as a book of Cuban recipes from the Cuban Culinary Federation.
Present at the meeting were Wijeratna Ilanga Pathirathilage, Director of Sports of the Sports Development Department of the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Sri Lanka and graduate of a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Culture in Cuba, and Maribel Duarte González, First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy.