8th Navy-to-Navy Staff Talks Between the Indian Navy and the Sri Lanka Navy
8th Navy-to-Navy Staff Talks Between the Indian Navy and the Sri Lanka Navy
The 8th Navy to Navy Staff Talks between the Indian Navy (IN) and Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) were held from 27 February to 01 March 2019 at New Delhi. The talks were co-chaired by Rear Admiral Atul Anand, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation and Intelligence) from IN and Rear Admiral YN Jayarathna, Director General Training, from the SLN. Rear Admiral YN Jayarathna, Director General Training also called on Vice Admiral MS Pawar, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff. During the Staff Talks, several issues related to naval cooperation, including conduct of Bilateral Exercise and matters related to cooperation in training, Hydrography and Aviation assistance were discussed. The Sri Lanka Navy delegation also visited M/s BEL, Ghaziabad and IFC-IOR, Gurugram where they were given an overview of the defence systems and Indian Coastal Surveillance System respectively.