Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena stated he was “more committed in upholding the national security better than ever before” as he called for “moves to crush active LTTE ideology”.
Speaking at a ceremony for disabled Sri Lankan soldiers on Tuesday, the official Ministry of Defence website quotes Mr Sirisena as stating “the present government is progressively more committed in upholding the national security better than ever before”.
Mr Sirisena went on to add that “the dream of Ealam subsists in overseas” and “moves to crush active LTTE ideology is the greater responsibility that has befallen us which also needs the global support”.
“We have determined to thwart such actions of carrying LTTE ideology wherever and have the compliance of the international community for same,” added the president, stating that “ties with the foreign countries were further strengthened while reopening avenues for military training during the last year.”
“Nobody is influencing or convincing us to reorganize the military,” he further declared.
His comments come after a visit from British Foreign Office Minister for Asia Hugo Swire last week, where the minister the emphasised the UK will provide £6.6 million over 3 years to Sri Lanka in order to support “military reform, displaced persons and reconciliation”.
Meanwhile a UN Human Rights Council resolution passed in September 2015, also calls on the Sri Lankan government to “introduce effective security sector reforms as part of its transitional justice process”.
See the full text of the resolution here.
Speaking at a ceremony for disabled Sri Lankan soldiers on Tuesday, the official Ministry of Defence website quotes Mr Sirisena as stating “the present government is progressively more committed in upholding the national security better than ever before”.
Mr Sirisena went on to add that “the dream of Ealam subsists in overseas” and “moves to crush active LTTE ideology is the greater responsibility that has befallen us which also needs the global support”.
“We have determined to thwart such actions of carrying LTTE ideology wherever and have the compliance of the international community for same,” added the president, stating that “ties with the foreign countries were further strengthened while reopening avenues for military training during the last year.”
“Nobody is influencing or convincing us to reorganize the military,” he further declared.
His comments come after a visit from British Foreign Office Minister for Asia Hugo Swire last week, where the minister the emphasised the UK will provide £6.6 million over 3 years to Sri Lanka in order to support “military reform, displaced persons and reconciliation”.
Meanwhile a UN Human Rights Council resolution passed in September 2015, also calls on the Sri Lankan government to “introduce effective security sector reforms as part of its transitional justice process”.
See the full text of the resolution here.