Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar is on visit to Sri Lanka

Colombo: Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral R Hari Kumar is on a visit to Sri Lanka from yesterday to 16th this month. He has been invited as the Chief Guest and Reviewing Officer for the Commissioning Parade at the Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA), Trincomalee, scheduled on 15th December. 

During the visit, the CNS will undertake interactions with senior political and defence leadership of Sri Lanka. He would also be visiting other defence establishments of the Sri Lanka



Armed Forces and review progress of various bilateral defence cooperation activities.

The Ministry of Defence expects that this visit would further enhance the long standing bilateral defence cooperation with Sri Lanka, specifically in the maritime domain. It said, the Indian Navy regularly interacts with the Sri Lanka Navy through the medium of annual Staff Talks and pursues several operational engagements at regular frequency.