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The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Kurunegala· 17 February 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Maritime Security Operations (Q.10/2025)

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Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara thanked the Deputy Minister for the replies and raised a supplementary question on private maritime security in the context of threats to global maritime trade. He asked what measures Sri Lanka has taken to regulate and promote services offered to commercial vessels by foreign private maritime security companies.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, thank you for the answers.

¶ 02 We know the global maritime trade has faced threats, leading to the emergence of private maritime security to protect merchant vessels. My first supplementary: what measures has Sri Lanka taken to regulate and promote services provided to commercial ships by foreign private maritime security companies?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 17 February 2026 ·No. 23279 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 February 2026. No. 23279. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5822