 In Thimphu, Bhutan, he attended peace talks with the terrorist organisation, Liberation Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE)

He was appointed as Foreign Secretary to the Ministry of Sri Lanka, which he served under President Ranasinghe Premadasa.He was the first Foreign Secretary to be appointed from the ranks of career diplomats of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service.His daughter is married to the son of another well known Sri Lankan civil servant, Bradman Weerakoon.