After his appointment as Sri Lanka Honorary Consul for the Zurich Canton in March 2014 under the guidance of the Sri Lanka Embassy in Berlin, Vidarshana Munasinghe has arranged a series of events officiating his functions.
In April, religious ceremonies were held at the Consulate. Declare opening of the Consulate by Deputy Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera on 11th June 2014, was followed by an evening reception with the participation of Sri Lanka Ambassador to Germany & Switzerland Sarrath Kongahage, Sri Lanka Permanent Representative/ Consul General in Geneva Ravinatha Ariyasinghe, Sri Lanka Ambassador to WTO Nimal Karunatilake and Sri Lanka Consul General in Frankfurt Pradip Jayewardene. The Guest of Honour of the evening was the Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabral. Mark Dangel of the Swiss Asian Chamber of Commerce and other Honorary Consuls were among other participants.
A large number of expatriate Sri Lankan community in Switzerland participated at all these events and highly appreciated the decision of the Sri Lanka Government on the reopening of the Consulate in Zurich, as it would immensely help to solve their day to day consular matters without visiting faraway Sri Lanka Consulate in Geneva.
