Colombo's 'Victory Parade' to be held every year
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 16:21 GMT]
The Government of Sri Lanka announced Tuesday that the 'Victory Parade'
commemorating the victory over Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the three decade old war will be
held every year. In this year first Victory Parade that is scheduled to be
held Friday at Galle Face Green about nine thousand security
personnel from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and Sri
Lanka Air Force (SLAF) who took part in the last leg of the war against
LTTE would participate, military spokesman Major General Prasad
Samarasinghe said at a media briefing held Tuesday.
He added that the Victory Parade will not be in the form of
traditional march past, but will be in the form similar to how the
troops advanced into enemy territory at the climax of the final
battle. He said the Victory parade will be held every year.
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