Sri Lankan Troops Would 'Survive Any Battle' After Russian Exercise, Chief of Staff Says
Sri Lanka's Chief of Staff Dinesh Udugama said 19 training points were set up for the joint exercise, allowing officers and soldiers from both countries to train together.
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Sri Lanka's armed forces would be able to "survive any battle" following a joint training exercise with Russian forces, Chief of Staff Dinesh Udugama said, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
Udugama said 19 training points were established for the exercise, allowing any Sri Lankan or Russian officer or soldier to take part in the training, TASS reported.
The remarks point to continued military cooperation between Sri Lanka and Russia, though the report did not specify the exercise's exact location or timing.
Further details on the scale of the exercise or the units involved were not included in the excerpt of TASS's report.
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