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Indonesia's Resilience Institute Delegation Arrives at AHQ


A delegation from Indonesia’s National Resilience Institute (INRI), currently in Sri Lanka arrived at the Army Headquarters (AHQ) Tuesday (29) afternoon to call on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva and exchange views on different roles of the Army.

The 32-member delegation, led by Rear Admiral F.X Agus Susilo, Head of the Delegation is comprised of two retired Majors General, eight Brigadiers General, Inspector General of Police, one more serving Rear Admiral, two Marshals, one Vice Marshal, one Vice Admiral and 15 more civil sector delegates.   

In addition, diplomats of the Indonesian Embassy, Mrs Alana Cicillia Warandy, 3rd Secretary Press and Socio-Cultural Affairs and Mr. Luttif Andaru, staff member of the Press & Socio-Cultural Affairs were present at the Army Headquarters, along with the 32 members of the Batch XX of the INRI.

Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva after extending a warm welcome to the foreign visitors at his office at the Army Headquarters had a cordial exchange of views on matters of military training relevance to both Sri Lanka Army and the Indonesian Armed Forces. 

Towards the end of the meeting with the Commander of the Army, an exchange of mementos, took place as tokens of goodwill before the delegation sat at the conference hall to receive a comprehensive presentation on the roles and tasks of the Army.

Brigadier Aruna Jayasekara, Director Training at the Army Headquarters, touching widely on prospects of ongoing Sri Lanka Army training programmes and conduct of different exercises to suit international standards, submitted the presentation to the visiting delegates.

Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Adjutant General, Major General P.U.S. Vithanage, Commander SFHQ-MLT, Major General Kamal Gunaratne, Master General Ordnance, Major General Mahesh Senanayake, Military Secretary, Major General B.A Perera, Director General General Staff, Major General D.D.U.K. Hettiarachchi, General Officer Commanding, 23 Division, Brigadier H.W.S.D.B Pananwala, Director Staff Duties, Brigadier R.P Rajapathirana, Judge Advocate General, Brigadier W.R.P De Silva, Director Plans, Brigadier Jayantha Gunarathne, Director Operations and Brigadier Jayanath Jayaweera, Director Media were associated with the briefing at the conference hall.