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| Sri Lanka Army chief visit Valley | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 3
Sri Lanka’s army chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka was in the State at the start of a weeklong visit to India during which he will interact with Defence Minister A.K. Antony and top officials. Fonseka, who arrived here Sunday, traveled to Srinagar and from there to the Tanghar sector where he was briefed on the situation along the Line of Control (LoC) dividing the disputed region between India and Pakistan.
Fonseka, who later returned to New Delhi, will lay a wreath at the memorial to the Unknown Soldier at India Gate, a World War I monument, Tuesday. He will then be presented a guard of honour at the defence ministry headquarters at South Block.
Thereafter, he will hold a series of meetings with Antony, Defence Secretary Vijay Singh, Indian Army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor, Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta and Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major.
Fonseka, along with Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa, leads the military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and has vowed to crush the rebels.
He is well equipped for this task, having attended courses at the Indian Army’s Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School at Varingte in Mizoram and at the Commando School at Belgaum in Karnataka.
A military official said the visit is aimed at enhancing “better understanding between the two armies”.Fonseka is one of Sri Lanka’s most protected figures, more so after the LTTE came close to assassinating him in April last year. He survived the attack but had to spend many months in hospital.Fonseka will also visit the Infantry School at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh and meet its commandant, Lt. Gen. K.S. Yadav.
He will also see the Taj Mahal at Agra and visit the Buddhist pilgrimage site of Bodh Gaya in Bihar. |
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