Monday, September 05, 2011

Galle Dialogue 2011: Maritime Conference to begin in the Port City of Galle



Sri Lanka Navy
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On the directive of the Ministry of Defence, the “Galle Dialogue 2011” maritime conference will be organized by the Sri Lanka Navy and be held in the port city of Galle on 14th and 15th November 2011 with local and foreign participation from the maritime fraternity.

The “Galle Dialogue” initiative of the previous year created a forum to discuss and exchange matters of regional maritime security concerns. The Dialogue this year will aim to continue the discussion with the experiences of events over the past 15 months. The theme for “Galle Dialogue 2011” will be “Challenges and Strategic Cooperation for Indian Ocean Maritime Concerns”.


An initial meeting to organize the conference chaired by the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake was held at the boardroom of the Navy Headquarters in Colombo on 29th August 2011. The proceedings of the Galle Dialogue 2011 were officially released to the conference web site www.galledialogue.com by the Commander of the Navy.

The conference will be attended by over twenty-five countries where the participants are expected to discuss on a broad spectrum of maritime issues.

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