The Republic Building, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently situated was built in the British colonial era and has been identified as heritage that should be conserved.

Accordingly it has been proposed that the ministry should be relocated.

The proposal made by Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to allocate the land of about two acres in Jawatta Road, Colombo, which has been identified to constrict a new building for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers recently.