{"id":136456,"date":"2023-08-19T14:47:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T21:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=136456"},"modified":"2023-08-19T14:47:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T21:47:07","slug":"sri-lanka-to-modernise-security-policies-with-comprehensive-review-emphasizes-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2023\/08\/19\/sri-lanka-to-modernise-security-policies-with-comprehensive-review-emphasizes-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka to modernise security policies with comprehensive review, emphasizes president"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy The Telegraph Online<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

President appoints retired Major General-led team to shape contemporary security policies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremeshinghe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday highlighted the need for a comprehensive review of Sri Lanka’s national security strategy to chart a course devoid of entanglement in the emerging international rivalries and maintain neutrality in the Indian Ocean region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The review will include a broad range of factors, emerging economic trends and the impacts of climate change, Wickremesinghe said, addressing a Naval gathering in the southern district of Galle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President has already appointed a team led by a retired Major General to report to the National Security Council for formulating contemporary security policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the dynamics of today’s landscape witness the encroachment of global power struggles into the Indian Ocean’s realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On one front, a contest for supremacy unfolds between the United States and China across the expanses of the Pacific Ocean. Simultaneously, a power struggle emerges between the Western nations and Russia in the context of Ukraine. This competition for influence extends even to remote reaches such as Niger in Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka should maintain neutrality in the Indian Ocean region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undoubtedly, the Indian Ocean hosts the world’s pivotal trade routes, making Sri Lanka an integral player at this stage. As we navigate these waters, it is imperative that we chart a course devoid of entanglement in these international rivalries, maintaining an impartial stance. Our foremost concern must be the safeguarding of our security within this sphere,” the president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the utilisation of submarines in the Indian Ocean has increased. In light of this, the island nation’s maritime security strategy should be directed towards the development of a robust programme tailored to submarine surveillance and control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon the compilation of the review report, a blueprint for modernised security policies of the National Security Council will be adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka which is going through its worst economic crisis since independence has faced criticism over larger budgetary allocations for defence spending while the healthcare and education budgets remain lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demands are to prune its security forces and reduce the level of presence in the former north and eastern conflict zones to promote reconciliation with the Tamil minority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy The Telegraph Online President appoints retired Major General-led team to shape contemporary security policies Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremeshinghe President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday highlighted the need for a comprehensive review of Sri Lanka’s national security strategy to chart a course devoid of entanglement in the emerging international rivalries and maintain neutrality in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}