The Memorandum of Understanding that had been signed for a period of three years to develop the cooperation in sport between Sri Lanka and Australia has been ended from Feb. 15, 2020.
It has been proposed to sign a new MoU enabling extension of the above mentioned MoU from another three years with the objective of exchanging information ad programmes between athletes and sports officers in the field by identifying sports sectors that can exhibit remarkable skills and strengthening the bilateral cooperation of the sport sector based on the mutual benefits.
Accordingly, the two parties agreed upon the draft MoU prepared while the clearance of the Attorney General has also been received.
Hence the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal furnished by the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs to sign the said MoU.