No national security threat assures Sri Lanka army commander

The Sri Lankan army commander, Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva made assurances on Saturday that there would be no threat to national security.

After meeting with high ranking Buddhist clergy in Kandy, Lt General De Silva spoke to journalists where he said that President Sirisena had instructed "maximum attention has been paid to the national security".

"There is no room for terrorism to raise its head once again in the country," he was quoted by the Colombo Page as saying.

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