The newly appointed State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene, vowed to fulfil his duties by safeguarding the country’s sovereignty and security.
Mr Wijewardene said he would focus on enhancing the welfare of Sri Lanka’s security forces, “whose valiant efforts had helped eradicate LTTE terrorism and thus protect Sri Lanka and its people”, the Daily Mirror reported.
The minister said foreign training would be provided to Sri Lankan military personnel so as to keep them updated on the latest defence techniques.
President Maithripala Sirisena, who is also defence minister, was present at the ceremony.