<span style="color: #222222;">Sri Lankan Prime minister Ranil Wickremsinghe today inaugurated the 8th Colombo Defence seminar to deliberate on contemporary security issues. <br />''<br />''Mr. Wickremsinghe said there are multi-dimensional global disruptive forces which can weaken the state. <br />''<br />''He stressed the need to identify gaps to meet such challenges especially in view of rapid change in science and technology.<br />''<br />''38 Countries are participated in the scenario. Former chief of Indian army General Bikram Singh is among the dignitaries participating.</span><br />''