Non Alignment: Will Lanka abandon principles View(s):Not many seem to have noticed it; nor would any to have missed the news; but the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) began its 17th Heads of Government summit yesterday. Has Sri Lanka exited the Movement for all intents and purposes, and even more so, abandoned its long cherished non-aligned principles in its foreign policy? When Sri Lanka hosted the NAM summit, the domestic situation was not a picture of prosperity either. The Non-Alignment principles however survived in Sri Lanka, as did the ‘Cold War’. And yet, does it all mean that Sri Lanka has ended its affiliation with the Non-Aligned Movement – 55 years after it was founded?

Source: Sunday Times September 17, 2016 19:38 UTC