Foreign delegates attending the International Cooperation Conclave at the fifth Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF 2023) here have called for steps to share expertise and promote mutual cooperation with an open approach to traditional medicines.
Inaugurating the conclave, Gaya Kanchana, Secretary of State Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka, said his country was ready to join hands with India for research and development in the field of traditional medicine as well as Ayurveda.
Mr Kanchana, who is also MD of Ayurveda Drug Corporation, invited pharmaceutical companies in the sector to explore the indigenous pharma market in Sri Lanka. He said the government would extend all facilities for drug factories and Ayurveda hospitals in the island nation. Lauding India for leading the innovations in traditional medicine, he said evidence-based research was needed to carry Ayurveda into the modern world.
