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President Rajapaksa Visits Army Stall at 'Deyata Kirula' Exhibition

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the second day (February 5) of the 6th 'Deyata Kirula' exhibition at Oyamaduwa, Anuradhapura after opening the day to the public visited the stalls, put up by tri-services.
 
Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army greeted the President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his entering the Army stall, replete with a host of Army equipment, ordnance and other exhibits.
 
President Rajapaksa, to his surprise during the visit to the Army stall was met by the same Special Forces team who posed for a photograph with him after the liberation of Vakarai several years ago. President Rajapaksa paused for a moment to share a couple of views with them and stood for another group photo with them. Three of the War Heroes are now disabled due to the injuries inflicted during the Humanitarian Operations in the North.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, accompanied by a host of Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Governors, Chief Ministers, Secretaries, Chief of Defence Staff, Tri-Service Commanders, Inspector General of the Police, Director General Civil Defence Force and other invitees toured round the exhibition site and saw for themselves over 600 exhibition stalls that had been put up for display to the public.
 
President Rajapaksa like on previous occasions made a point to visit tri-service and Police exhibition stalls mingling with members of the public.