Outgoing New Zealand High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Michael Appleton yesterday (27 Dec.), met with TNA leader R. Sampanthan.

Taking to ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), Appleton said that several matters of concern were discussed at the meeting, including political developments in the North and East.

They also discussed the approaches adopted by both New Zealand and Sri Lanka toward social cohesion and constitutional arrangements, and the scope for enhanced cooperation between the two countries, party sources said.

Appleton is scheduled to conclude his tenure as the High Commissioner of New Zealand to Sri Lanka in the first week of January. Following this, he and his family will return to New Zealand, where he is expected to assume the position of Senior Foreign Affairs Adviser to New Zealand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters.