India to train Sri Lankan military personnel [December 30 2010]

Apart from an agreement to have a joint naval exercise in Sri Lankan waters in 2011, India will offer 1400 training placements for the Sri Lankan security service personnel.

Despite Indian defence personnel training academies being almost fully subscribed, India will offer additional training placements for the Sri Lankan security service personnel.

This was part of the peacetime engagement process that India and Sri Lanka agreed upon on Tuesday. Both the sides also decided on a series of measures to enhance defence cooperation between the two countries. The Hindu