Sri Lanka, June 7 -- The 23rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief was held in Colombo recently, hosted by Sri Lanka and co-chaired by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam, and attended by over 50 participants from 27 ARF member countries.

Sri Lanka, as Co-chair, underscored the importance of a coordinated and well-prepared response in providing disaster relief and the importance of disaster response planning and implementation to minimize impact and ensure sustainable recovery, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism.

As this Forum coincided with 'World Environment Day,' Sri Lanka's commitment to adhere to sustainable environment protection practices, national policie...