Pakistan Army gifts six horses to Sri Lanka Military Academy

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Six horses gifted to the Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) at Diyatalawa by the Pakistan Army, have been formally received at the Lake View Equestrian Centre in Hokandara. The horses donated by the Pakistan Army in response to a request by the Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, will undergo quarantine procedures before they were to be used for equestrian training.

SLMA Commandant Brigadier Indunil Ranasinghe, on behalf of the Army Commander received the gift from Pakistan High Commission in Sri Lanka Defence Attaché Colonel Sheharyar Pervez Butt. The Army Commander had brought the need to have horses for equestrian training for the military graduates to the attention of his Pakistani counterpart, when the latter visited the passing out parade at the SLMA in Diyatalawa, since absence of equestrian training in the curricula at SLMA remains a gap, due to non-availability of horses.