[ad#200×200]The term of Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka has been extended by another year by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Minister of Defence announced today (17).
Accordingly Lt. Gen. Fonseka will be in office until 18th of December 2009.
The Sri Lanka Army has recoded historical victories against the LTTE terrorists under the stewardship of Lt. Gen. Fonseka. He was appointed as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army on the 6th of December 2005. He narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by an LTTE suicide bomber on the 25th of April in 2006.
Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka who is known to be one of the most battle hardened officers in the Army and an exemplary infantryman, became Army’s chief on 6th December 2005.
Under his leadership the Sri Lanka Army has been able to turn the tide in Sri Lanka’s war on terror by liberating the Eastern Province from the clutches of the LTTE. Starting from Mavil Aru in mid-2006, the Army has achieved historic victories over the terrorists at Sampur, Vakarai, Thoppigala, Silavattura, Madhu, Vidathalthivu, Pooneryn, and Mankulama battles with the maximum support of the Air Force and Navy.
source:News.lk