Just hours before the commencement of the Defence Seminar sessions, General Eid Bin Awad Al Shalwari, Royal Land force Commander of Saudi Arabia and Dr Aravinda Gupta, Deputy National Security Advisor India arrived in Sri Lanka this evening to be received by Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Chrishanthe De Silva at the Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA)..jpg)
Former President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan HE Hamid Karzai heralding a new era of goodwill, understanding and co-operation, arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday (31) to attend the 'Defence Seminar - 2015'. HE Hamid Karzai is to deliver the keynote address during the opening sessions on the first day (Sept 1) at Galadari Hotel, Colombo. .jpg)
Mr B.M.U.D Basnayake, Secretary Defence in his inaugural opening remarks to the ‘Defence Seminar - 2015’ session at Galadari Hotel this morning (1) said that in the 21st century national security challenges differ in form and combating such threats requires not only efforts but also cooperation, coordination and collaboration among countries with the ever increasing frequency of conflicts..jpg)
Dr Arvind Gupta, Indian Deputy National Security Advisor contributing to the Session 1 on the theme ‘Nature of Threats Affecting the National Security of a Nation’ of the ‘Defence Seminar - 2015’ at Colombo Galadari Hotel opined that the ever increasing India - Sri Lanka relations are now on a sound footing and Sri Lanka is a vital component in the periphery as regional development is taking root..jpg)
“Unless the International Community begins to see terrorism as a common threat to the very survival of the world, they are cannot be an end to the chain of extremism, coupled with terrorism,” so said former President of Afghanistan HE Hamid Karzai, keynote Speaker at the inaugural session of the ‘Defence Seminar - 2015’ at Galadari Hotel..jpg)
Professor Christopher Coker, London School of Economics making his presentation to the ongoing ‘Defence Seminar’ sessions on the ‘Nature of Emerging Global Threats and Impact on National Security’ told the gathering that ‘power politics and security narratives’ in the world theatre have made dramatic changes and the scenario has set new priorities.
