‘Military camps in North-East have not been withdrawn’ confirms Sri Lankan PM

The Sri Lankan Prime Minister stressed that military camps in the North-East of the island have not been withdrawn, in a speech made to parliament on Wednesday.

"When such decisions would be made Parliament would be duly informed," Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe told the Sri Lankan parliament.

Responding to a question regarding the dismantling military camp at Sampur in Trincomalee, Mr Wickramasinghe denied that this decision has been taken by the present government, led by President Maithripala Sirisena.

Instead Mr Wickramasinghe blamed the reported decision to withdraw the military camp in Sampur on former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government.

Also see our earlier posts:

Sri Lanka's army 'categorically denies' closing down 59 military camps in North-East (16 Jun 2015)

Sri Lanka denies allegations of closing down army camps in North-East (14 Jun 2015)

Rajapaksa warns of threat to Sri Lanka's national security and economy at election rally (13 Jun 2015)

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