India has handed over $111,000 million worth of training aids to Sri Lanka Navy. Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay witnessed the handing over ceremony of the equipment.

Baglay formally handed over the training aids LKR to the Commander Eastern Naval Area of the Sri Lanka Navy at a ceremony held Sunday at the prestigious Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA) Trincomalee. He was on his visit to the eastern and northern areas of the country. 

In 2019, Indian Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh had committed to providing a number of training items to the Sri Lankan Navy as part of strengthening the cooperation, and capacity building.

During the ceremony, Baglay reiterated the importance of close cooperation between the two Navies as an essential part of the overall bilateral engagement. He also gifted Kindle e-book readers and books to the library of the Naval and Maritime Academy.

The Indian Navy and the Sri Lankan Navy have always maintained a functional relationship and a number of training facilities of the Indian Navy are availed by the Sri Lankan Navy, the High Commission was quoted as saying by Colombopage.