INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Saudi Arabian Government has offered Muslim members of the Sri Lankan Tri-Forces sponsored opportunity to perform the annual Hajj
Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon from the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalid Hamoud Alkahtani.In response to the
statement said.For the first time, five special sponsored quotas were made available for the Muslim Tri-Forces personnel this year, it
said.State Minister Tennakoon met Ambassador Alkahtani at his office in Colombo, on Friday (Jun 07) to thank him and especially the Saudi
Government for this magnanimity and earnest response in providing once in a lifetime opportunity to Muslim members of the Tri Forces to
perform the Hajj pilgrimage this year, the ministry said.The Saudi Ambassador thanked State Minister Tennakoon for making this request and
said that he would personally be involved in increasing the number of quotas for defence personnel in the coming years.Marking another
working closely with local officials in this regard.Sri Lanka Hajj Committee member Milfer Gaffoor and beneficiary Tri-Forces members
