History
The goal of Sri Lanka foreign policy is to maintain a strong, independent, powerful and united Sri Lanka; The Sri Lanka foreign policy establishment maintains that in achieving this goal.
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy has been founded on national interest. In a period of rapid and continuing change, foreign policy capable of responding optimally to new challenges and opportunities. It has to be an integral part of the larger effort of building the nation's capabilities through economic development, strengthening social fabric and well-being of the people and protecting Sri Lanka's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Sri Lanka's foreign policy is a forward-looking engagement with the rest of the world, based on a rigorous, realistic and contemporary assessment of the bilateral, regional and global geo-political and economic milieu.
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