Sri Lanka, June 18 -- Disaster management officials from the United States and Sri Lanka came together in Galle from June 16 to 18 for a three-day workshop focused on strengthening preparedness for natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies.

Organized by the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka in partnership with U.S. Pacific Command's Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM), the Montana National Guard, the Montana Disaster and Emergency Services (DES), and Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre, the workshop builds on the MoU between Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defense and the Montana National Guard. The expert-led workshop culminated in a tabletop exercise designed to test coordination during a realistic...