ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lanka Navy has an immense role in protecting the island nation, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has told a commissioning and passing-out parade at the Trincomalee Naval and Maritime Academy. “We are an island nation, we have a 1,340 kilometer coastline to safeguard, a maritime area 8 times the size of the country, and an area 21 times the size that we are responsible for,” Dissanayake said. “The Sri Lanka Navy has an immense task,” he told the forces and guests at the event. He commended the Sri Lanka Navy for its vital role in combating the…
Sri Lanka president commends navy at passing-out parade
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