Army Chief on official visit to Russia

On Oct 25, 2021

Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army General Shavendra Silva, at the invitation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Land Forces, General of the Army, Oleg Salyukov of the Russian Ministry of Defence left for Moscow on an eight day goodwill visit.

Russian Defence Ministry officials, Minister Counselors and Senior Russian Military Officers on Saturday (23) extended a warm welcome to Gen. Silva on arrival in Moscow.

During General Shavendra Silva’s stay in the Russian Federation, he is scheduled to lay wreaths at the monument of the ‘Unknown Soldier’ and hold talks with his host, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Land Forces, General of the Army, Oleg Salyukov.

He would also visit the Armoury Museum of the Moscow Kremlin, Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School and meet with its Commandant, Major General Roman Binyukov, Division Commander of the 4th Guards Tank Division in Naro-Fominsk and the Commandant at Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy.