IICA hosted a videoconference with the Executive Director of the Geopolitical Cartographer Research Institute, Rishan de Silva.

The guest was informed about the IICA’s activities, primary directions, and the peculiarities of interaction between the region’s countries within the framework of the “Central Asia+” format.

In turn, Rishan de Silva spoke about the activities of the Geopolitical Cartographer Institute, which, as a non-profit analytical center in Sri Lanka, conducts in-depth research analysis and studies changing geopolitical and geo-economic events in the Indo-Pacific region. The organization, established on the initiative of the current President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, is located in Colombo.

It was emphasized that the Institute’s main activities include establishing partnerships with similar research institutes abroad.

The foreign expert highly appreciated the growing role of the Central Asian region, which is currently of particular interest in Sri Lanka. The preparations for the forum on “The importance and potential of the Central Asian countries for bilateral relations”, in which experts from leading analytical structures of the countries of the Central Asian region are expected to participate, were noted.

According to Rishan de Silva, IICA and the Geopolitical Cartographer have similar goals and objectives that correspond to the interests of the regions and the two countries. In this regard, he proposed to continue negotiations to determine specific areas of cooperation.

G.Khonnazarov, UzA