The SAARC Council of Ministers meeting in Colombo on 27-28 February renewed their commitment to strengthen comprehensive cooperation among SAARC Member States to combat and eliminate all forms and manifestations of terrorism, and affirmed the need to further the legal regime and institute pragmatic cooperation to address the issue effectively. The Ministers made this pledge in a Ministerial Declaration on Cooperation in Combating Terrorism at the conclusion of the 31st Session of the SAARC Council of Ministers, under its current Chair, the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Rohitha Bogollagama.

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said, President Mahinda Rajapaksa stressed the need for the Foreign Ministers to be seized of current common challenges before us in South Asia and the duty of the Council to give directions towards finding meaningful solutions. Minister Bogollagama address the media today (28/02) on the out come of the SAARC 31st session of the Council of Ministers’ Meeting and Preceding Meetings in Colombo.