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France says time to start 'solid relationship' between navy

Officials from the French navy said that it was time to start a "solid" partnership with Sri Lanka, the Daily Mirror reported.

“This is a good time to start the partnership between our two nations,” Captain Laurent Machard De Gramont, the Commanding Officer of the French Naval Ship ‘Aconit’, which arrived in Colombo on Friday, said. 

“After six years, this is the first visit by a French ship to Sri Lanka and more visits are to follow,” he further said.

The navy delegation will take part in several programmes organised by the Sri Lanka Navy to strengthen mutual relations during their stay in Sri Lanka, until May 5.

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