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The Colombo Defence Seminar begins tomorrow
View(s):The Colombo Defence Seminar will be declared open tomorrow at the Bandaranaike International Conference Hall (BMICH) .
‘Countering Violent Extremism: Global Trends’ is the theme of the two-day event which will be attended by more than 800 including 200 foreign participants. The sessions will be addressed by 12 foreign and 15 local experts.
Among those attending the sessions will be 22 Defence Attaches based in India, 10 Defence Attaches from Colombo and 42 foreign military delegates from across the globe. Among the key speakers will be General (Retd) Ashok Mehta, a Senior Officer of the Indian Army who was also a Commanding Officer in the Indian Peacekeeping Forces (IPKF) in Sri Lanka in the late 1980s.
All Army chiefs of SAARC countries will also be attending the seminar adding a new dimension to the event.