President meets Singapore Defence Minister

Talks on human trafficking, drug menace:

President Mahinda Rajapaksa had discussions with Singapore’s Defence Minister Dr Eng Hen at the Shangrila Hotel in Singapore on Thursday afternoon.

Many issues relating to the security of the region were discussed at this meeting with special emphasis on human trafficking and the escalation of the drug menace and measures to combat them, said a press release by the President’s Media Division.

After his meeting with the Defence Minister, President Mahinda Rajapaksa met Singapore Trade Industries and Home Affairs Minister S Eswaran at his ministry.

At this meeting, the President and the Singapore Minister exchange views on the manner in which Singapore using the four main languages utilized the language policy to resolve common social problems. Discussions also delved on the implementation of Youth Training programmes in Singapore, setting up of co-operation between the two countries in the field of sports to improve sporting talents.

External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris and Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunge also participated in the discussions.