{"id":1163443,"date":"2026-02-16T16:49:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.app.com.pk\/national\/pakistan-sri-lanka-reaffirm-commitment-to-strengthening-security-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:49:41","slug":"pakistan-sri-lanka-reaffirm-commitment-to-strengthening-security-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/pakistan-sri-lanka-reaffirm-commitment-to-strengthening-security-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Sri Lanka reaffirm commitment to strengthening security cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP): Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Mohsin Naqvi met Sri Lanka\u2019s Secretary of Defence, Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Samantha Thuiyakontha, in Colombo, where both sides reiterated their resolve to further deepen security cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, matters related to Pakistan-Sri Lanka security collaboration and defence coordination were discussed in detail. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to enhancing joint efforts in regional peace, counterterrorism and defence preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Defence Secretary noted that his country had also suffered from terrorism and acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s strong and unwavering support to the Sri Lankan government during difficult times.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are deeply grateful to Pakistan for its consistent support in our fight against terrorism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi highlighted the longstanding and stable security relations between the two countries, calling Sri Lanka a trusted partner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka have always remained strong,\u201d Naqvi said. \u201cWe are fully committed to further strengthening security cooperation with Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The meeting marked another step forward in the security partnership, underscoring the mutual trust and shared commitment of both nations to regional stability and coordinated defence efforts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan, Sri Lanka reaffirm commitment to strengthening security cooperation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1161981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_speechable_audio":"","_speechable_word_timings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[145,9064],"post_template":[],"top_category":[],"class_list":["post-1163443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-mohsin-naqvi","tag-samantha-thuiyakontha","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1163443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1161981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1163443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1163443"},{"taxonomy":"post_template","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_template?post=1163443"},{"taxonomy":"top_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/top_category?post=1163443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}