Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-09-04

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of the South Asian Regional Intelligence and Coordination Centre on Transnational Organized Crime (SARICC-TOC)

- It has been proposed to establish the Co-ordination Centre in Sri Lanka for the project on “Strengthening of law enforcement on Drugs in South Asia” conducted by the South Asian Regional Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. As such, the proposal made by Hon. Ranjith Madduma Bandara, the Minister of Public Administration & Management and Law & Order, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between Sri Lanka and India, Nepal, Maldives, Bangladesh and Bhutan which are the member countries of the said Centre, was approved by the Cabinet.