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UNDERSTANDING MARITIME DOCTRINE
National Interests

Sri Lanka’s national interests are expressed in the Preamble to the
Constitution. These are summarised as follows:
• Sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
• Democratic, secular and unitary character.
• Secure and resilient Sri Lanka.
• Economic and socio-cultural wellbeing of the nation and
its citizens.

National Security Objectives and Policy

National Security Objectives

These flow from the national interests, and may be summarised as
follows:

• Protecting and preserving sovereignty and territorial
integrity of Sri Lanka.
• Ensuring public safety, security and crisis response.
• Protecting lines of communication.
• Pursuit for sustaining economic prosperity.
• Strengthening partnerships and relations for regional,
and international security and stability.
• Upholding democratic institutions and progression of
good governance, preserving national values.
• Protecting, managing, preservation and development of
natural and physical environment, and national heritage
sites.
• Prevention of negative domestic developments and
events that could affect communal harmony and co-
existence of diverse groups of Sri Lanka.

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