Sri Lanka and the United States of America are to conduct joint Naval exercises next year, the US ambassador to Sri Lanka said.
Ambassador Julie Chung said this after she had met Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Kamal Gunaratne last week.
“The United States looks forward to our upcoming Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Navy exercise in 2024. Our US-SriLanka75 partnership makes the region safer and Sri Lanka stronger,” Chung said on X (formerly Twitter).
CARAT is a bilateral exercise between Sri Lanka and the United States to promote regional security cooperation and strengthen maritime partnerships.
The CARAT – 2023 exercise was held in January this year in Colombo, Trincomalee and Mullikulam. The exercise consisted of both land and sea phases.
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