Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 25 -- Ministry of Defence and Urban Development issued the following news release:

The outgoing Naval Attache of the United States Embassy in Colombo, Lieutenant Commander Jessica De Mont, outgoing Deputy Defence Attache, Mr. Seth Nevins, and the incoming Naval Attache, Lieutenant Commander Samuel Gitlitz, called on the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), and the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), on separate occasions today (25 June).

The Deputy Minister of Defence, appreciated the contributions of the outgoing US Embassy Naval Attache and Deputy Defence Attache in strengthening defence cooperation and fostering relations between Sri Lanka and the United...