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Second National Security Advisor level meeting in
Colombo:
Importance of raising maritime cooperation stressed
The second NSA-level (National Security Advisor)Meeting on Trilateral
Cooperation on Maritime Security between India, the Maldives and Sri
Lanka was held at the Ministry of Defence yesterday.
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Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya
Rajapaksa,National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of
India Shivshanker Menon and Minister of Defence and National
Security of the Maldives Mohamed Nazim at the meeting. (Defence.lk) |
Agreement was reached by all on the importance of raising maritime
cooperation between the three countries in the current context of
maritime security environment in the Indian Ocean region. The meeting
follows several senior official and technical level consultations held
between the three neighbouring countries.
Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
led the Sri Lankan delegation while National Security Advisor to the
Prime Minister of India Shivshanker Menon and Minister of Defence and
National Security of the Maldives Mohamed Nazim, headed the Indian and
Maldivian sides respectively.
At the conclusion of the meeting, an outcome document detailing
specific areas of cooperation in the maritime security sphere was
signed. High Commissioner of India to SriLanka YK Sinha, High
Commissioner of Maldives in Sr Lanka Hussain Shihab and Joint Secretary
of the Security Council Secretariat (India) Saurabh Kumar were among the
foreign delegates.
High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Prasad Kariyawasm, Additional
Secretary (Defence) S Hettiarachchi,Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of
National Intelligence, Commanders of Army and Navy and Director General
of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard also part of the local
delegation.(Defence.lk) |
