COLOMBO, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal made by President Maithripala Sirisena to set up a National Border Management Committee to control tasks conducted across the border for maintaining national security.
Media Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka told a weekly media briefing here that border control was extremely important for any country's national security.
"People and goods exchanged across the Sri Lankan border is gradually increasing and it is expected that it will reach 10 million persons and 200 million kilograms of goods by 2020," Karunathilaka said.
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