New Commander of the Navy calls on President
 

Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva who assumed duties as the 23^rd Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, paid a courtesy call on the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat today (03^rd January).

During the ensuing cordial discussion, the President conveyed his best wishes to Vice Admiral Silva on his new appointment as the Commander of the Navy. Symbolizing his first official call on the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, upon assumption of duties as the 23^rd Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva presented a special memento to His Excellency the President.