 On the following day he met with the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa.In November 2006 he attended a press conference on HMS "Illustrious", which was moored in the River Thames at Greenwich.He announced that the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War would be commemorated across 8,000 miles and four time zones – in London, Pangbourne and the Falkland Islands – from 14 to 17 June 2007.