Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 2 -- Ministry of Defence and Urban Development issued the following news release:
Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) held separate bilateral meetings with senior defence leaders from France, India, the Maldives and Bangladesh during the Chiefs of Defence Conference in Canada on 31 August and 01 September (2026).
Discussions with the Chief of the Defence Force of the Maldives, Major General Ibrahim Hilmy, focused on practical measures to expand defence cooperation. These included specialised special forces training for Maldivian personnel, opportunities for Maldives National Defence Force student officers to attend programmes at Sri Lanka's Defence Services Command and Staff C...