Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nov. 5 -- Ministry of Defence and Urban Development issued the following news release:
A delegation of the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL), including the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Welfare Programmes (SCOWP), Mrs Evelyn Strouts, and Controller Finance, Colonel B. Pasan Kularatne (Retd), met the Defence Secretary at the Ministry of Defence today (05 November).
During the meeting, the delegation briefed the Defence Secretary on the work carried out by the RCEL in supporting pre-independence veterans and their widows in Sri Lanka, highlighting its ongoing commitment to their welfare and well-being.
The RCEL is a Commonwealth-wide organisation that supports ex-servicemen and women who served in the...