While the two countries do not have embassies in each other's respective capitals, Portugal has an honorary consulate in Colombo.

The Portuguese only maintained control of the coastal regions and were convincingly defeated in more central kingdoms like Kandy and Seethawaka.

[3] Due to their long and historical ties, Sri Lanka and Portugal established relations following the British departure from Ceylon.

Portugal provided unofficial support to Sri Lanka in its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and provided entirely non-lethal supports throughout the Sri Lankan Civil War.

[5] In 2019, Portugal condemned the brutal terrorist bombings of Easter Christians, [6] in which a Portuguese citizen was among the dead.