Sri Lanka, May 21 -- An anti-drug youth summit will be held on June 26 under the "A Nation United" national programme aimed at eradicating the drug menace in Sri Lanka.

The President's Media Division (PMD) said a discussion on the initial organisational arrangements for the summit was held this afternoon at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of Secretary to the President Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.

The summit has been jointly organised by the National Youth Services Council and the Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs to coincide with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which falls on June 26.

According to organisers, the initiative aims to mobilise youth at grassroots leve...