Lankan delegation leaves for ASEAN sessions

Kumarasiri Prasad Airport Corr.

KATUNAYAKE: The Sri Lankan delegation to the 14th regional session of ASEAN led by Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama left for Manila, Philippines yesterday.

Bogollagama who will attend the Foreign Ministers forum on August 1 said he would use the opportunity to share with member States Sri Lanka's experiences which would help curtail LTTE activities abroad including sea pirating, illegal arms and drugs trade and people smuggling and money laundering.

He would also brief them on the successful liberation of the East and dobby their support towards the government programs for the development and normalisation of civil administration in the region.

The Sri Lanka delegation also included Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera, Sri Lanka Ambassador to Philippines M.W. Seneviratne, Foreign Ministry Director General Ahmed Jawad and Sarath Dissanayake.