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18TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF MINISTER  DESHAMANNYA LUXMAN KADIRGAMAR, PC, MP By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Navy Commander and Chief of Defence Staff Chairman Trincomalee Petroleum Terminals Ltd Sri Lanka: Our Foreign Minister who molded us We miss the Minister who groomed us. I think it’s the same feeling to all young diplomats (both ladies and gentlemen) whom he has recruited when he was the Minister more than 20 years ago. It was 18 years ago, I was Commanding SLNS Sauyra , the flag ship of Sri Lanka Navy stationed at Colombo harbour. I had just returned from India after finishing my tenure as Defence Adviser at our High Commission in New Delhi. Our task was to sail into deep sea towards equator in search of LTTE arms smuggling ships. We use to patrol for 21 days and we were in harbour for ten days ...