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Press Release – Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of Strategic studies Islamabad...

Press Release - Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of Strategic studies Islamabad (ISS) and South Asia Sustainability and Security Research Institute

September 30, 2026
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Press Release
 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of Strategic studies Islamabad (ISS) and South Asia Sustainability and Security Research Institute
 28 September, 2026

In a simple ceremony held at Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI), a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between ISSI and South Asia Sustainability and Security Research Institute (SASSRI), Sri Lanka. The newly signed MoU was part of ISSI's international outreach for developing cooperative institutional mechanisms, especially with regional partners. It aims to develop and strengthen the mutual institutional cooperation in research, policy dialogue, joint publications and events on issues of mutual interest.

Besides the leadership of ISSI and SASSRI, the ceremony was attended by Pakistan's High Commissioner to Colombo H.E . Major General Dr. Nayyar Naseer, HI (M), and Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Islamabad Mr. A. Christy Ruban.

The participants shed light on the history of fraternal relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka from diplomatic and defense to cultural and humanitarian spheres. They agreed that for a prosperous and connected South Asia, regional countries needed to come closer and strengthen mutual ties through continued engagement, dialogue, and active cooperation. Stressing the role of regional cooperation in collective development in South Asia, the need for revival of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was particularly emphasized.

Under the MoU, concrete steps such as joint events, policy papers, and researchers exchange programmes were suggested. Leadership of the two think tanks expressed determination to jointly work for shaping better policy discourses and well-informed public opinions in the two countries.

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