Army flags blessing ceremony today     [October 02 2010]

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) is to commence special military training courses free-of-charge for foreign soldiers, shortly.

Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya participating at the traditional army flags blessing ceremony took place in the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura said the SLA would start military courses for Indian, Parkistani and British soldiers soon.

He said after defeating the LTTE terrorism, the foreign countries requested the SLA to train their military personnel to educate them on Lankan military strategies to defeat terrorism.

The flag blessing ceremony was held to bless the Army which celebrates its 61 st anniversary and over 387 flags were blessed at the ceremony.