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Posted on February 28th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Bandaranaike had
advocated an independent foreign policy for Sri Lanka long before he became
Prime Minister. In 1952, Bandaranaike speaking in Parliament during the debate
on the Throne speech said that Sri Lanka has so far failed to formulate a well defined and independent
foreign policy. Sri Lanka should play an important and constructive role in
international affairs. She should be neutral in power politics. Sri Lanka
should occupy a position in South Asia like that of Switzerland in Europe, he said.
In 1954,
Bandaranaike persuaded Sri Lanka Parliament to
approve Panchaseela. The
Panchaseela policy advocated (i) mutual respect for each other’s territory and