Visiting UK Minister urges military collaboration with Sri Lanka 

Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom (UK) have very close bilateral military relations in past and a resumption of this cooperation and collaboration would be very welcome, says Hugo Swire, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the UK on the opening day of a visit to Sri Lanka.. 

Mr. Swire made this statement at a media briefing organized by the Council for Business with Britain at the Kingsbury Colombo on Thursday. 

He said, “Historically bilateral military relations have been very close between Sri Lanka and the UK and the resumption of cooperation and collaboration in this field is very welcome by the armed forces of both our countries”.

He also mentioned at the event that the most significant developments Sri Lanka have made were the commitments at the Human Rights Council last September. Those commitments take meaningful steps towards truth and accountability after the long conflict here and is the key to bringing about lasting reconciliation. It is important because reconciliation will be the bedrock on which Sri Lanka’s future economic success will be built. (Raj)