COLOMBO, Oct. 18 -- Sri Lanka's Transport, Highways and Urban Development Minister and Leader of the House, Bimal Rathnayake, held bilateral talks with his counterpart in Norway, Transport Minister Kamzy Gunaratnam, in Oslo, on sustainable transport, road safety and inclusive infrastructure development.

Commenting on the meeting during Rathnayake's official visit to Norway, Gunaratnam said the discussions covered the transition to green transport, measures to combat social dumping in the transport sector, and improving safety for people in urban and rural communities.

Gunaratnam, a Sri Lankan-born Norwegian politician, said Rathnayake had informed her that more than 2,700 people died in road accidents in Sri Lanka last year, many of the...