Another army contingent off to Mali

One more contingent of 100 well-trained Army personnel in the Combat Convoy Company (CCC), designed to serve in the United Nations (UN) Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) left for Mali last evening (23) as the first group of the contingent of 243 troops, set to leave in stages. General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army was also arrived at the departure terminal to see them off.