• Decision to establish Colombo Security Conclave was established in November 2020

Sri Lanka and India hold the first Deputy National Security Advisor level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave which was hosted virtually on August 4, 2021 by Sri Lanka under the Chairmanship of General L.H.S.C. Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of Army of Sri Lanka and the participation of Mr. Pankaj Saran, Deputy National Security Adviser of India and Ms. Aishath Nooshin Waheed, Secretary, National Security Advisor’s Office at the President’s Office of Maldives, a statement said.

A statement from the Indian High Commission said Bangladesh, Mauritius and Seychelles participated as observers and were represented by Lt. Gen. Waker Uz Zaman, Principal Staff Officer to Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh Army, Mrs. Pusmawatee Sohun, Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office, Mauritius, and Colonel Micheal Rosette, Chief of Defence Forces, Seychelles People’s Force.