News - Maritime security in danger, says Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has highlighted the grave threat to maritime security by terrorist groups and called for concerted global action to overcome the threat.

At the annual meeting of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in New York recently, Sri Lanka delegation head and legal advisor to the Foreign Ministry Dr. Rohan Perera said the threats posed by such acts of terrorism, combined with the trafficking of weapons of mass destruction and light weapons, piracy and armed robbery at sea, illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, as well as people and arms smuggling collectively constitute an unprecedented challenge to maritime security jeopardising the security and stability of states.

Dr .Perera said Sri Lanka has extended cooperation to all efforts made at international and regional levels in preventing and combating threats to maritime security.