May 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka has ordered a number of military transport helicopters and other weaponry from Russia, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency said today quoting Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

The Russian state-owned news agency reported that the Defence Secretary in an exclusive interview has said that the helicopters had been already ordered.

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