The Minister mentioned this addressing the opening ceremony of the “Lankapak” exhibition.

Minister Weerawansa mentioned, “we have to continue our political and socio-economic activities under the new normalization situation and ensure the economic development of the country by holding these exhibitions, conferences, and seminars while maintaining health guidelines”.

He further added, “the packaging industry has made significant progress compared to other industries and it is eco-friendly”. In order to support the concept of eco-friendly packaging, the Government has re-established the Advisory Committee on the Packaging Industry that has been dormant for a long time.

Moreover, the Minister emphasized, “one of the main policies of our government is to empower local production and necessary steps are being taken for that”.

He thanked the Sri Lanka Packaging Institute and CDC Events for taking the initiative in organizing the “LANKAPAK” exhibition”.