Commander shares New Year thoughts with staff at AHQ
"Every Sri Lankan citizen warmly admires peace, friendship and
cooperation. The whole nation is under the impression that the country
would be blessed with a peaceful society in the near future. On this
noble day, let's determine to make their wish a reality," said Army
Commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka during his New Year address
held at the Army Headquarters on Wednesday.
The Army Commander every year hosts his staff at Army Headquarters to
tea on account of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year celebrations.
The Army Commander said "we have been able to reduce the LTTE
landscape to a tiny swathe of 23 sq km land from the previous 13,000 sq
km. At the same time, the LTTE, crazy after the dream of Eelam, during
recent times, faced the most humiliating defeat that they ever
experienced in the history losing around 18,000 of their barbaric
fighting terrorists cadres.", the Commander added during his speech.
He remembered the contribution made by soldiers, who sacrificed
lives, went missing and became disable, to bring about success in the
war against terrorism while wishing fast recovery to injured soldiers
getting medical treatment at hospitals and courage to soldiers fighting
in the lines.
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka concluded extending his gratitude to parents
and beloved ones of soldiers for donating their sons to the Army to
fight for a worthy and noble cause.
After appreciating the assistance received from all in military and
civil staff, the Army Commander joined all ranks and civil staff for tea
and traditional New Year sweetmeats. The event followed a visit by the
Commander to the Army hospital to see soldiers undergoing treatment for
their injuries sustained in the war. President of the Seva Vanitha Army
Branch (SVAB) Anoma Fonseka, Director Army Medical Services Brigadier
Sanjeewa Munasinghe, Senior Officers and hospital staff joined the Army
Chief on his visit during which the Commander and President SVAB
distributed gift parcels to injured soldiers. |