It says Islamabad has requested the training because of the country's success in defeating the Tamil Tigers. In May, the government announced the end to a decades-long war with the rebel group. The army's new commander told the BBC that Pakistan had already asked if it could send its military cadets to train in counter-insurgency operations. "We'll give a favourable response," Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya said of the request. He said the Sri Lankan military envisaged specialist courses lasting up to six weeks, directed towards small groups from interested armies. Lt Gen Jayasuriya said there was external interest in how the military had defeated the rebel group in practical terms. The army now wished to construct a written military doctrine in English. Mutual support He said Sri Lanka had offered similar training, through diplomatic channels, to other countries including the United States, India, Bangladesh and The Philippines. He dismissed reports that the Pakistanis might receive military training in newly recaptured parts of northern Sri Lanka, saying it would be more likely in the south-east. But he did say new permanent military bases would be set up in those northern areas including the rebels' former headquarters, Kilinochchi. Sri Lanka and Pakistan have long enjoyed warm relations. In late May, Pakistan - like India, China and Russia - helped Colombo defeat a motion at the UN which would have criticised both the government and the rebels for allegedly violating humanitarian law during the war. But India, which is highly influential here, might well be uncomfortable at this news of the Pakistanis' interest in being trained. Source
oo, the Pakistani army is getting training, must be a new plan to attack india? People really need to think more positively.
Why are you guys laughing at this? After 7/7 the brits asked the Sri Lankans for advice on how to deal with terrorists. Nothing beats experience!
Wow.. And we all know the reasons for the downfall of the LTTE and the many nations who played a role in it... You think it was the powerful Srilankan army that did it ??
Yes I do. They were the ones who fought the LTTE. They were the ones who sacrificed their lives. The country as a whole had to go through many many years of high inflation in order to finance the war. Its only because they were focused on winning the war and ignored pressure from India and the west that they succeeded.