Published on - 7/3/2008
DEFENCE SECRETARY Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera and Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, in a bid to take stock of security concerns in the East had a round of discussions with senior officers in the Security Force Headquarters, East in Minneriya this morning (3).
Defence Secretary and Military Chiefs spoke to a cross section of tri service personnel serving in the area and instructed them to take all necessary preventive measures in relation to any resurgence of LTTE threats or violent acts.
Commander of the East Major General J.J.P.S.T Liyanage welcomed the visiting military Chiefs in Minneriya.