Sri Lanka, Nov. 14 -- The United States and Sri Lanka today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Ministry of Defense, formalizing a defense partnership between the Montana National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard District 13, and the Sri Lankan Armed Forces under the U.S. Department of Defense's State Partnership Program (SPP).

U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung, Adjutant General of the Montana National Guard Brigadier General Trenton Gibson, and the Secretary of Defense Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha, signed the MOU marking a historic milestone in U.S.-Sri Lanka defense relations, underscoring both nations' shared commitment to regional stability, maritime security, and professional military collaboration in the Indo-Pacific to adva...