State Minister of Defence Hon. Ruwan Wijewardene is in the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi to attend the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2017.
The State Minister is attending the event on behalf of the President.IDEX 2017 is organized under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE.
The UAE government has extended an invitation to the President and he has nominated the State Minister as his representative.
The exhibition is being held from 19th to 23rd (February 2017) at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). The biennial exhibition is the only international defence exhibition and conference in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), demonstrating the latest technology across land, sea and air sectors of defence.
