Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 25 -- Ministry of Defence and Urban Development issued the following news release:
The Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), held a series of multilateral meetings on the sidelines of his official visit to the United Nations Headquarters in New York, accompanied by the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN, H.E. Mr. Jayantha Jayasooriya on 23 April (2026).
In a bilateral meeting with H.E. Wellington Bencosme, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the UN, the Sri Lankan delegation discussed regional cooperation in support of operations in Haiti. Focus was placed on facilitating logistical arrangements, including troop movement, medical assistance, an...