Sri Lankan army chief, General Shavendra Silva (second from left), inspects a guard of honour by troops just before they leave for UN peacekeeping duties in Mali, at the Institute of Peace Support Operations Training centre in Kukuleganga, some 110 kilometers south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday. Sri Lanka is one of the highest Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) to the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Photo: AFP