India and Sri Lanka hold fourth annual defence dialogue

The fourth Annual Defence Dialogue (ADD) between India and Sri Lanka was held this week.

India’s Defence Secretary G. Mohan Kumar and the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi co-chaired the meeting along with their delegations, comprising officers from the Defence Ministries, Foreign Affairs Ministries and the Armed Forces of both the countries. 

During the ADD, various ongoing defence cooperation initiatives were jointly reviewed and new avenues for cooperation identified. The regional security situation and issues of maritime security were also discussed at the meeting. 

 Defence Secretary Shri Mohan Kumar and his delegation also called on President Maithripala Sirisena, and visited Trincomalee on Friday.