Global Maritime Summit will help solve maritime issues in Sri Lanka
Holding the 2023 Global Maritime Summit in India is the best opportunity to resolve the issues affecting Sri Lanka in the global maritime sector, Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister of Sri Lanka Mr Nimal Siripala de Silva said. He stated this during a conference organized by the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka to inform the Sri Lankan business community and stakeholders engaged in the naval and maritime sector about the “2023 Global Maritime Summit” at the Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo on Saturday .
The 2023 Global Maritime Summit will be held in Mumbai, India, from October 17 to 19.
The Sri Lankan Government also thanked the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Government as the Minister-in-Charge for this opportunity.
“As a country located in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is showing successful progress in the field of merchant shipping and hence special security measures should be implemented for the ships that use the Indian Ocean region, for which Sri Lanka will take steps to submit a series of proposals to the conference,” the Minister added.
