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Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers

Motherland Honour & Service

08th January 2019 15:29:51 Hours

VISIT OF THE EU PARLIAMENT MEMBERS TO THE SRI LANKA ARMY HUMANITARIAN DEMINING UNIT (SLA HDU) SITES

A two member delegation of the European Union Parliament paid a visit to the Headquarter Engineer Brigade on 4 January 2019 whilst visiting the Security Forces Headquarters (Wanni). Hon. (Mr.) Geoffrey Charles Van Orden and Hon. (Mr.) William Earl of Dartmouth were briefed on the humanitarian demining process carried out in Sri Lanka and the contribution made by the SLA HDU for this national requirement. During their visit, they were able to witness a demonstration of mine clearing process carried out by Mine Detection Dogs (MDDs) and manual mine clearings.

The parliamentarians expressed their appreciation on the contribution made by SLA HDU to make Sri Lanka free from land mines in 2020. Commander Engineer Brigade – Brigadier AN Amarasekara USP ndu, Ms. MLF Mafusa, Assistant Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka and staff officers of Engineer Brigade participated in this event.