The Korea Foundation (KF) has​ announced that Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayaka will be among the 19 high-level government leaders visiting the country this week.

Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development Minister and Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Sagala Ratnayaka said Sri Lanka, especially with its strategic location in the Indian Ocean, was the perfect location to run a global programme on maritime crime.

Addressing United Nations Security Council Open Arria Formula meeting on 'Maritime Crime as a Threat to International Peace and Security', Ratnayaka said the Sri Lankan government was delighted with the decision of the Global Maritime Crime Programme of UNODC to relocate the Head of the Programme and his expert team to Sri Lanka, to run global programming across the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean and Caribbean from offices in Colombo.