Chinese PLA delegation calls on Army Commander
A high-level delegation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the
People's Republic of China, the world's largest military force, called
on Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday at the
Army Headquarters.
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Major General Qian Lihua, Chief of Foreign Affairs Office,
Ministry of National Defence of China meeting Army Commander
Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya |
The six-member delegation headed by Major General Qian Lihua, Chief
of Foreign Affairs Office, Ministry of National Defence was accompanied
to the Commander of the Army by the Chinese Envoy in Sri Lanka Yang
Xiuping.
Major General Lihua during his exchange of views with Army Commander
Lt Gen Jayasuriya assured his Army's fullest cooperation to the Sri
Lanka Army in several areas of its professional training, exercises and
further promotion of military assistance to Sri Lanka on request.
The visiting Chinese Chief of Foreign Affairs Office during talks
told the Commander, that the PLA, impressed with the progress hitherto
made by Sri Lankan Army de-miners, expects to offer 100 more de-mining
kits to the Army for further acceleration of their work as a gesture of
goodwill and appreciation.
Touching on their possibilities for increased intakes of Sri Lankan
trainee officers to military academies in China, the visiting military
officer promised Sri Lanka of more and more such openings in the future
once a request to this effect is channelled through the Ministry of
Defence (MoD).
The visiting Army official noted that the PLA in the future will
collaborate closely with the Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) at
Diyatalawa and explore possibilities for further assisting the
improvement of infrastructure facilities in the institute with the
advanced technology in China. |
