The Russian government has endorsed the measures adopted by Sri Lankan government against terrorism and pledged fullest support for Sri Lanka’s war against terrorism.

This had been revealed when Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa met the Russian government officials during an official visit to Russia recently, Defence ministry sources said.

On a special invitation from Russian Minister of Defence Anatoliy Serdyukov, the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary visited Russia with a high-powered delegation. The Sri Lankan delegation was welcomed with special honours at the Red Square and Kremlin. They held discussions with Russian Defence Ministry officials and the officials of other branches of the Russian government.

During the visit, Defence Secretary Rajapaksa met Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and had bilateral discussions.

The Russian government viewed Sri Lanka’s struggle against terrorism as being similar to Russia’s military campaign against Chechen terrorists.