Sri Lanka, Sept. 4 -- Sri Lanka's Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake, held a significant meeting with Eng. Suliman bin Khalid Al-Mazroua, President of the Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI), on the sidelines of the 2nd Sustainable Maritime Industry Conference in Jeddah.

The discussions were centered on enhancing maritime and port cooperation between the two nations, with a focus on establishing strategic collaboration between key ports in Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia.

During the meeting, Minister Rathnayake underscored Sri Lanka's current political stability and economic progress, emphasizing the crucial role of maritime connectivity across shipping routes that link South Asia and the Middle East. He ...