Sri Lanka, Nov. 13 -- The new contingent of 243 Army personnel of the Combat Convoy Company (CCC) of the Army, set to serve in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has left the country last evening (12).
Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva was at the airport to see them off, together with a few senior officers, the Army said today.
With this contingent, the Sri Lankan CCC, comprised of 20 Officers and 223 Other Ranks, representing 13 Regiments of the Army completed the dispatch to this landlocked West African country.
The Army Commander at the airport spoke to Commanding Officer in the Mali-bound CCC Lieutenant Colonel P.G.C.S Gallage, 2nd in Command of the contingent...