Sri Lanka signed six agreements with Pakistan on Monday, aimed at increasing bilateral cooperation.
The agreements were signed by Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif and the Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena, who is currently in Islamabad on a three day state visit.
The six agreements are as follows:
- Cooperation between Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and Atomic Energy Authority of Sri Lanka
- Agreement on cooperation against illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
- Academic cooperation agreement on exchange and collaboration between National Defence University of Pakistan and Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies of Sri Lanka
- Collaboration in the field of Sports
- Mutual cooperation in the shipping business between Pakistan National Shipping
- Corporation (PNSC) and the Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd (CSCL)
- Cooperation on disaster management
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