A DELEGATION OF SAARC SCHOOL CADETS CALLS ON THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF
A sixty nine member delegation including fourteen officers and fifty five School Cadets from SAARC countries namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal arrived in Sri Lanka as a part of Youth Exchange Programme of National Cadet Corps (NCC). They are in the country from 10 to 20 October 2015 to witness the \"Hermann Loos Championship Camp 2015\" scheduled to be held on 19 October 2015 at NCC training centre Rantambe.\r\n\r\nA cross section of the delegation comprising ten officers and twenty Cadets including six Lady Cadets led by Colonel Jayachandran Nair, called on the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Gunatilleke last evening (14 October 2015) at the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff.\r\n\r\nThe delegation proceeded to attend a briefing conducted by Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya, Director Operations of the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff on Tri Forces employment and security situation of the country from an academic point of view. It was followed by an interaction with senior officers of the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff with the visiting delegation in a warm atmosphere of camaraderie. \r\n\r\nHead of the delegation together with one cadet from each country presented mementos to mark the visit which was reciprocated by the Chief of Defence Staff.
