Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 23 -- Ministry of Defence and Urban Development issued the following news release:
A high-level Sri Lankan delegation led by the Secretary of Defence Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) held a series of meetings with senior officials of the United Nations at its Headquarters in New York City on 22 April (2026), in connection with ongoing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) negotiations for the proposed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) deployment to Haiti.
The delegation included the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, H.E. Jayantha Jayasooriya, the Military Advisor of Sri Lanka to the UN, and other senior officials.
During the visit, the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary met with Atul Khare...