The Sri Lanka Army has completed its Gang Suppression Force Pre-Deployment Training Course for troops being readied for deployment to Haiti, the military announced on Thursday. The course concluded on April 10, 2026.
Training was conducted at the Institute of Peace Support Operations Training Sri Lanka (IPSOTSL), the Army’s designated centre for preparing personnel for United Nations and multinational security missions.
Sri Lankan troops are being contributed to the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM) in Haiti — a UN-authorised 5,550-member force tasked with restoring state authority and suppressing armed gangs that have overrun Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country. The mission, led by Kenya, was approved by the UN Security Council in 2023 and began deploying in 2024.
The Army did not disclose the size of the Sri Lankan contingent, the specific deployment date, or the operational role troops will take on arrival. It did not name commanders or provide further detail on coordination with Kenyan or other partner forces.
Haiti’s MSSM has faced persistent funding and personnel shortfalls since its launch, with contributing countries adding to the force in rotating batches. Sri Lanka has a long record of UN peacekeeping contributions dating back to Lebanon, South Sudan and Mali, and the Haiti mission extends that record to a gang-suppression, law-enforcement-adjacent operation rather than a traditional blue-helmet deployment.
Source: Newswire.
