Pakistan wants to improve defence ties with Sri Lanka

14 Feb, 2019

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Pervez Khattak has said that Pakistan and Sri Lanka should take advantage of the each other’s experiences in the realm of defence, Radio Pakistan reported.

He was talking to Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne who called on him in Rawalpindi.

The Minister expressed satisfaction about the existing deep rooted ties between the two states and stressed the need to further diversify and expand these ties.

Earlier,?Pakistan?s President Dr. Arif Alvi conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) upon Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lankan Armed Forces Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne in a special investiture ceremony held here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Associate Press of Pakistan reported.

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