{"id":95760,"date":"2019-11-28T17:45:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T00:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=95760"},"modified":"2019-11-28T17:47:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T00:47:31","slug":"responsibility-to-roar-for-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/11\/28\/responsibility-to-roar-for-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsibility to roar for the Country."},"content":{"rendered":"

RANJITH SOYSA<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Dinesh Guanwardana has the key on his shoulder\u00a0 when he was appointed\u00a0 in recognition of his ability, honesty and unquestionable patriotism , to the key position of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. He will have a lot in his plate as he has to undo the damage caused to the independence and sovereignty of the country due to the bend over backwards foreign policies of the previous government.

I would earnestly request the Minister to consider taking urgent action to tackle the following issues.

1 The selection and urgent appointment of Sri Lanka\u2019s foreign representatives based on the seniority and the capability of the officers in service and where appropriate to consider selection of\u00a0 outstanding creative appointees outside the service. The nepotism and planting of friends and relations to be the country\u2019s representatives never be even entertained, To appoint senior and tested foreign policy experts as advisors to the Ministry will be very useful to implement an effective policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. It is of importance to concentrate on key areas of foreign policy to protect our interests, to counter adverse publicity and misinformation peddled of the separatist fronts and their partner FNGOs . Further, a change in the culture to should be a priority to\u00a0 make it a 24\/7 function to enhance the image of the country among the foreigners as well as the foreign organizations and to utilize the economic opportunities available for the country\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 To take suitable and urgent action to counter the adverse situation confronting the country and its armed forces due to the co-sponsoring of the UNHCR resolution slavishly by the Yahaplanaya government\u2019s foreign minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. To consider moving a resolution with the help of other sympathetic nations based on Lord Nasby\u2019s observations , the Rebuttal presented to the UNHCR by the Sri Lankan Global Forum and other reports to rectify the damage caused to the country\u2019s image by the dubious programs based on Darusman report including the resolution approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. To discuss and clarify to the USA that MCC and related agreements contravene the non-aligned foreign policy which\u00a0 will be followed by Sri Lanka and re-negotiate the conditions and stipulations which are intrusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 To adhere to the non-aligned foreign policy by developing a dynamic relationship with all countries sharing our value systems bearing in mind the critical role assigned to Sri Lanka as a country located strategically in the Indian ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 To utilize the patriotic Sri Lankan organizations based in foreign countries to help countering misinformation, creating economic, technical, educational, social services and professional service to assist economic development and widen the\u00a0 opportunities for Sri Lankan people

RANJITH SOYSA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RANJITH SOYSA Dinesh Guanwardana has the key on his shoulder\u00a0 when he was appointed\u00a0 in recognition of his ability, honesty and unquestionable patriotism , to the key position of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. He will have a lot in his plate as he has to undo the damage caused to the independence and sovereignty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-ranjith-soysa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95760","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=95760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}