COLOMBO, 13 September 2021 (TON): The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Yury Materiy with the objective of introducing his Embassy's new Defence Attache, Aleksey A. Bondarev called on the Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head, NOCPCO, General Shavendra Silva at the Army Headquarters.

Recalling long standing bonds of goodwill and cooperation between both nations as well as militaries during cordial interactions that ensued, the Ambassador and General Shavendra Silva had a cordial discussion on matters of relevance with special focus bilateral exchange programmes, training modules, etc. Both of them underlined the need to sustain sound relations in future, too.

While introducing the new Russian Defence Attache, the Ambassador maintained that Russia would always stand by Sri Lanka and assist her development in whatever way possible in future too.

The new Defence Attaché to the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka, appreciative of the audience granted, presented a memento to General Shavendra Silva towards the end of the interaction.