Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 15 (ANI): Hailing the ties between the two countries, India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay said that mutual understanding, mutual trust & cooperation are the key aspects of enhanced security between Sri Lanka and India and gifting of Dornier 22
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 15 (ANI): Navy vice chief Vice Admiral Satish N Ghormade arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday to hand over the Dornier maritime patrol aircraft to the island country's military.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 14 (ANI): In the backdrop of a Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Taimur which arrived in Sri Lanka to conduct a Passage Exercise, the Sri Lankan Navy clarified that certain media reports circulating about a 'War Game' between Sri Lanka Navy and Pakistan Navy are fallacious
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Foreign Affairs Minister confirmed that the Chinese vessel 'Yuan Wang-5', widely believed to be a spy ship, has been given clearance to arrive at Hambantota Port on August 16.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 13 (ANI): To enhance maritime surveillance capabilities of Sri Lanka, the Government of India may provide one Dornier 228 Maritime Patrol Aircraft from the Indian Naval Fleet on a gratis basis for two years, a local media report said.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 13 (ANI): Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Taimur has arrived at the port of Colombo and will conduct a joint exercise with the Sri Lankan Navy in the western seas, according to Sri Lankan media.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday granted permission to Chinese vessel Yuan Wang-5, widely believed to be a spy ship, to dock at its Hambantota port, local media reported.
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): India has rejected insinuations by China that it had exerted pressure on Colombo to defer the visit of a high-tech Chinese research vessel to Hambantota port and said Sri Lanka is a sovereign country and makes its own independent decisions.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): The delegation of the European Union (EU) to Sri Lanka met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and urged him to devote special attention to Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), IMF and Human Rights Council as it assured the island country
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand Thursday evening following his departure from Singapore.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Thailand has allowed former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa temporary stay in Thailand to look for permanent asylum in another country on the condition that he does not cause problems for the country.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Yuan Wang 5, the Chinese research and Survey vessel, continues to sail to Sri Lanka's port of Hambantota despite a request from the island country authorities to defer the visit, local media reported.