Lt. Gen. Hamood Uz Zaman Khan (Retired), the Secretary of Pakistan’s Defence Ministry, called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday (Jan.03).
Mr. Khan is in Sri Lanka to attend the fourth Sri Lanka-Pakistan Bilateral Defence Dialogue at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte.
President Wickremesinghe warmly welcomed the Pakistani Defence Secretary and engaged in a brief discussion.
The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, Senior Adviser to the President on National Security, and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayaka, as well as Secretary of the Ministry of Defence General Kamal Gunaratne (Retired).
Following this, the Defence Secretary of Pakistan had a separate discussion with President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of the Presidential Staff, Mr. Sagala Ratnayaka.