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FM Ali Sabry underlines need for data-based research in policy making
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Minister Sabry addressing the forum
Foreign Minister M U M Ali Sabry underlined the importance of data-based research to guide government policy making, noting that if such practice had been followed, particularly in regard to the economy, Sri Lanka would have averted the crisis which it faced. The Minister said it is important to conduct research, present papers, debate openly and within closed doors, in order to make the right decisions. The Minister made this observation when he delivered the inaugural address at the launching of the ‘LKI Foreign Policy Forum’, a quarterly flagship event of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) held on August 9 at the LKI Lighthouse Auditorium. This launch coincided with the 18th death anniversary of the Late Lakshman Kadirgamar which falls on
August 12.
The event was attended by a representative gathering comprising of heads of diplomatic missions and international organizations, government officials, academics, business leaders, civil society, media practitioners, as well as students.
