Large inflow of foreign funds during Navy celebrations [December 24 2010]

Nearly US $ six to seven million foreign exchange flowed to the country with the arrivals of foreign ships to participate at the Sri Lanka Navy Diamond Jubilee celebrations, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe at a press conference, a short while ago.

He said more than 4,000 sailors and officers arrived the country for the sixtieth anniversary of the SLN. “ They used Sri Lankan logistics by way of fuel, water, food and other goods and items they purchased during their stay in the country”, he said.