Travel warning and DFAT discussions as Australia’s cricket team prepares for tour to strife-torn Sri Lanka

Australia’s cricketers have been briefed about the escalating political tension in Sri Lanka ahead of the Australian men’s workforce tour future thirty day period.

The Division of International Affairs and Trade (DFAT) yesterday suggested travellers to rethink their want to check out Sri Lanka due to the stability situation.

Australia is thanks to play three T20 Internationals, five A person-Working day Internationals and two Check matches in Kandy, Colombo and Galle from early June to mid-July.

A Cricket Australia spokesperson said the predicament was getting viewed carefully.

“Our players and assist staff have been briefed and will continue on to be held up to date,” the spokesperson mentioned.

Talks are ongoing between Australian officials, their Sri Lankan counterparts and DFAT but with 3 months right until the scheduled departure of the squad there are not however any alterations to the plan.

In a bid to relieve political unrest Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will appoint a new primary minister and cupboard this week, but it is not apparent whether this will conclude the violent demonstrations.

Sri Lankans blame the authorities of previous prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa for an financial collapse and shortages of food items, gasoline and medicine that unleashed widespread protests.

Australia’s cricketers frequented Pakistan for the very first time considering that 1998 previously this calendar year following a interval through which the threat of terrorism in that country was considered much too terrific a risk.

The team past visited Sri Lanka in 2016.