Highly placed sources within the government say that the necessary steps have been initiated to study the agreements entered into by Sri Lanka’s State institutions with foreign countries without obtaining permission from the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Defense Ministry, and to revoke the agreements that are detrimental to the country.
Thus far, around 150 such agreements have been identified, and it has been revealed that most of them have been entered into with China.
According to the information that has been revealed, among the institutions that have inked such agreements are, local universities, Agriculture Department, Meteorology Department, and certain ministries.
As per these agreements, representatives of foreign countries are slated to arrive in Sri Lanka and stay in the country for months for the alleged purpose of conducting studies.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued a circular stating that henceforth, before inking such agreements, the Foreign Affairs Ministry should be informed of such, and the necessary requests should be forwarded to the Defense Ministry for approval.
At the National Security Council chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, instructions have been issued to conduct a separate study into the agreements that have been entered into, and to immediately pull out of the agreements that are detrimental to the country, if any.
