The Sri Lanka Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration at the Navy Headquarters on Wednesday (28).

The MoU was signed in the presence of U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung and the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera.

The Memorandum of Understanding addressed bilateral cooperation to detect and interdict illicit trafficking in special nuclear material and other radioactive material through technical and methodological cooperation, including the installation and improvement of technical systems for the detection and identification of such material at border crossing control points of the democratic socialist republic of Sri Lanka.

Director General Engineering Rear Admiral Ravi Ranasinghe, Director General Operations Rear Admiral Nishantha Peiris, senior naval officers and a group of officials of the U.S. Embassy in Colombo were also present on this occasion.