Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy visited an Iranian submarine that had berthed in Colombo earlier today, after visiting India earlier this month.
Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage visited the Iranian Navy’s 28th fleet, which included the 'Younus' submarine, stating,
“We could host a submarine in Colombo port after a long time and it was a rare opportunity for us to visit such a submarine”.
The Iranian visit to Colombo came after the flotilla had docked in Mumbai earlier this month. Whilst there, the Commander of India’s West Navy Admiral Shekar Sinha, also visited, saying,
“The Indian Navy has full readiness to expand relations between the two countries’ navies and exchange of a flotilla to Bandar Abbas port (in Southern Iran)… We welcome expansion of such collaboration”.
See the report from the Fars News Agency here.
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