Sri Lanka, April 26 -- The specially deployed Tri Forces Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Team returned to the island today (April 26) after the successful completion of their emergency relief mission in Myanmar.

Major General Nazeer Majeed, Director General of the Directorate of Research Concept and Doctrine at Sri Lanka Army Headquarters, extended a warm welcome to the returning contingent at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

Responding swiftly to the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar earlier this month, the elite tri-service team was dispatched on April 5, as instructed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

The mission was coordinated under the close supervision of...