FM lauds parties for support to Kadirgamar Institute

Rashomi Silva and Rajmi Manatunga

KOTTE: Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday thanked all political parties in Parliament for supporting the Government to name the Institute of Strategic Studies of Sri Lanka after the late Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar on the eve of his first death anniversary.

The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of Strategic Studies and International Relations as the Institute will be hence known is a tribute to a man who worked relentlessly to find a just and fair solution to the national problem in Sri Lanka, Samaraweera told Parliament yesterday.

He said: "Minister Kadirgamar worked tirelessly to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of this country," and added that it was a dream of the late Minister to establish an Institute where Sri Lanka's International relations could be studied in-depth.

The Minister said the Institute will conduct extensive studies in the field of International relations, post conflict scenarios and other vital branches of International relations and National Security.