Defence agreement not detrimental to Sri Lanka: President

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Colombo, April 7 (Daily Mirror) - While claiming that the defence agreement with India is not detrimental to the country, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that agreements were only reached to regulate existing joint operations, training programmes and research activities between India and Sri Lanka.

Addressing an election rally in Galle, he said Sri Lanka should seek assistance from countries with advanced technology and skills in the field of defence.

"There is a controversy regarding the defence agreement with India. There is nothing to worry. We have only regulated the existing joint operations, training programmes and research activities between the two countries. We need to establish regional security. We need to obtain the assistance of those who are more advanced and skilled. Otherwise, we cannot move forward," he said.

The President said the government was forced to seek the assistance of other countries as previous governments had failed to develop science and new technology for the last 76 years where military technology has developed hugely.

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Jaffna Logic Monday, 07 April 2025 09:53 PM

Mr President , Are you trying to fool the people of Sri Lanka or you are fooling yourself. The first thing you should have thought about is how come a large country like India struggling to deal with its own insoluble multiple problems, 300 million Indians live in abject poverty, should show so much concern for the welfare and the defence of Sri Lanka. The point is there can't be any logic to India's extraordinary love for another country and their intentions can not be what they say it is. But what is certain is to protect the Indian interests in South Asia , they have planed something for Sri Lanka and the process to achieve their goal has just begun with Modi's visit.

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LK Monday, 07 April 2025 10:46 PM

That is that this government is compelled to get support from many other countries? Why ? Because all previous government officials , rulers and MPs have looted the treasury and now the country is made bankrupt by those who did this before : now these people are trying to recover from those debts and yet some accused for no reasons : take support and help even from the devils if they don’t charge any interest:

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mina Tuesday, 08 April 2025 05:24 AM

Let others speak, We believe that you wouldn't agree to any thing detrimental to this country.

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james Tuesday, 08 April 2025 07:17 AM

its not military's job to develop science and technology which is up to the private sector. military are trained to fight. i doubt there's many left that can put up a fight after you gutted the military. we have jets crashing due to lack of proper maintenance and you are worried about science and technology

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Stop these lies Tuesday, 08 April 2025 08:18 AM

would you have said the same 1 year back?

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