The Sri Lanka Foreign Service -SLFS(Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා විදේශ සේවය; śrī laṁkā vidēśa sēvaya) is the body of career diplomats of Sri Lanka.
Members to the foreign service are selected every few years after an exam carried out by the Department of Examinations.
This has resulted in the degradation of the implementation of the foreign policy of Sri Lanka.
[4][5] Allegations of fraud and misuse of public money has also been levelled at some of those who have been appointed.
[6] Due to the sporadic recruitment to the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, other Public Sector officers are also appointed to diplomatic posts, with several attempts made in the past to amalgamate the Sri Lanka Foreign Service with the Sri Lanka Administrative Service.