Israel is willing to assist Sri Lanka to digitalise its state sector while strengthening military ties, sharing intelligence and offer more training opportunities for Sri Lanka Police and Tri Forces personnel.
While extending assistance to Sri Lanka in developing its agriculture, education, transportation and information technology sectors, Israel is prepared to share its expertise in enhancing the country’s emerging cyber security capabilities to face future challenges.
This pledge was given by Israeli Ambassador to Sri Lanka Dr. Ron Malka when he met Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne at the Ministry recently.
He said Israel was very interested in improving bilateral ties with Sri Lanka and they would extend whatever assistance needed for its economic development.
“Israel’s advanced technical sector is one step ahead and is always developing new innovations and there are a number of avenues where expertise could be shared in the agriculture, fisheries, education, health, technology and other sectors,” he said.
While mentioning of his county’s contribution to develop an agricultural project in India, he said that it had benefitted thousands farmers there. “Proper irrigation management is an integral part of agriculture. There should be a holistic approach to water management and Israel is prepared to provide help to promote drip irrigation here”, he further said.
“Sri Lanka and Israel face common challenges and there is much space for sharing expertise between both countries”, Ambassador Malka said.
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