‘Russia and Sri Lanka’s role in Regional Security’ at the Moscow Conference on International Security
Posted on September 20th, 2021
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera speaks on ‘Russia and Sri Lanka’s role in Regional Security’ at the Moscow Conference on International Security
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Author and foreign policy analyst was invited from Sri Lanka for the IX Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) 2021. The conference was inaugurated by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez, Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu and Director of Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov. Mr. Abeyagoonasekera’s presented a paper on ‘Russia and Sri Lanka’s role in Regional Security: Perspective from Sri Lanka’. Among the distinguished presenters were Minister of Defence of India Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence of China Colonel General Wei Fenghe, former President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, Senior Minister of State for Defence of Singapore Heng Chee How, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov and many others from around the world. From Sri Lanka it was Secretary to Ministry of Defence (Ret.) Kamal Gunaratne and Mr.Abeyagoonasekera who presented at the MCIS In 22-24 June 2021.