Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 -- The Committee on High Posts of Parliament has approved the nominations of two Heads of Mission and a Ministry Secretary.

Accordingly, the Committee approved the nomination of Nirmala Indumathie Dias Paranavitana as Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the African Union.

The Committee also approved the nomination of Professor Mohamed Ibrahim Fazeeha Azmi as the new Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In addition, approval was granted for the appointment of K.A. Vimalenthirarajah as the Secretary to the Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development.

The approvals were granted when the Committ...