The Sri Lankan Combat Convoy Company, deployed in Mali under the United Nations (UN) Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been commended by the MINUSMA Force Commander in Mali, for their performance, high degree of professionalism and discipline at all levels.

The Sri Lankan Combat Convoy Company, leaving exclusive footprints has succeeded in extending logistics lines, effectively performed 14 Combat Convoy Escort Operations up to 13 October 2020, where 10 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered with no harm to either the military or the common masses or the MINUSMA equipment.

Those IEDs, confirmed to have been buried by tribal fighters were recovered along the road from Gao city to Menaka city (05 IEDs) and Gao to Mopti city (05 IEDs) during different assignments by Sri Lankan troops saving the lives of VIPs, Administrators, Civilians and UN peace-keeping troops at large and assisting the mandate of the UN mission. Some of those IEDs are remote-controlled and capable of causing extensive damage if exploded.

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