ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lanka Navy has an immense position in defending the island nation, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed a commissioning and passing-out parade on the Trincomalee Naval and Maritime Academy.
“We’re an island nation, we’ve got a 1,340 kilometer shoreline to safeguard, a maritime space 8 occasions the dimensions of the nation, and an space 21 occasions the dimensions that we’re chargeable for,” Dissanayake mentioned.
“The Sri Lanka Navy has an immense process,” he instructed the forces and company on the occasion.
He recommended the Sri Lanka Navy for its very important position in combating the drug menace, which he described as one of many best challenges going through the nation, and for its companies throughout and after the latest Cyclone Ditwah catastrophe.
On the ceremony, 8 straight commissioned officers of Consumption 2024/03, 33 officers of the fortieth consumption of the Normal Sir John Kotelawala Defence College and 25 officers of the sixty fifth cadet consumption of the Trincomalee Naval and Maritime Academy had been commissioned.
Awards had been introduced to senior sailors who demonstrated excellent efficiency throughout coaching, and ceremonial swords had been introduced to the newly commissioned officers by Dissanayake.
In July, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa instructed reporters that Sri Lanka had elevated its Navy raids, monitoring, and arrests of Indian fishermen within the island nation’s waters within the Northern sea to forestall unlawful encroachment.
Jayatissa additionally mentioned Sri Lanka’s cupboard of ministers had authorised a proposal for the nation’s Navy to offer maritime safety companies within the Purple Sea area.
Sri Lanka’s earlier authorities started recruiting members for its naval pressure with ads calling for functions from cadet entry officers, direct entry artificers, artificers, sailors, and officers.
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Earlier this yr Japan donated 500 million yen to offer drones for the investigation, surveillance, and monitoring actions of the island nation’s Navy underneath the Official Safety Help Venture. (Colombo/Dec15/2025)
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