Cabinet of Ministers granted its consent to the proposal forwarded by President Ranil Wickremasinghe in his capacity as the Defence Minister to transfer the legal powers to maintain the Sri Lanka Navy Hydrological Service at the national level, Cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawaradane said.
He was speaking at the Cabinet media briefing held yesterday at the Government Information Department.Discussions were held at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on September 5, 2022 about the proposal to entrust the Sri Lanka Navy with the naval and maritime services within the local waters and identical economic zone of Sri Lanka and a sub-committee was appointed with the Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister as the head to submit recommendations by studying further facts about the said proposal.
Cabinet approval has been granted to entrust the naval and maritime activities to Sri Lanka Navy within the local waters and identical economic zone of Sri Lanka as a non-Naval duty as per the recommendation of the above sub-committee and to establish a National Maritime Office so that all institutions related to this subject can perform jointly.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 – 01:13