Sri Lanka welcomes investments, financing for sustainability efforts - President

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
to solve water-related issues
Keynote speech, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said water issues are deeply related to a range of challenges in a society such as
climate change and natural disasters, sanitation and poverty
In the Asia Pacific region, water-related disasters have tripled over the past 30 years
To eradicate poverty, it is essential to improve the local sanitary environment by using water
pandemic, the government was able to increase the number of new water connections to the public by more than 50% compared to what had been
Lanka welcomes investments, technology transfers, and financing for our sustainability efforts, as well as broader development assistance
said.Representing the government, Sri Lankan Ambassador in Japan Sanjiv Gunasekara attended the Opening Ceremony and the Heads of State
Meeting.-PMD
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