The Sri Lankan government has warned there is a real danger of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam regrouping and orchestrating another conflict.
Speaking to media earlier today, Deputy Foreign Minister Ajith Perera said the LTTE had millions of dollars in foreign assets that could be used to fund another guerrilla war at home.
“Their front organisations operate businesses abroad, they run petrol stations, supermarkets and have shipping companies,” the minister told reporters in Colombo.
“Even though they have been defeated on the ground, there is a real danger of their trying to regroup.”
Mr Perera said it was due to Sri Lanka’s intervention that the EU “re-imposed” the ban on the LTTE, saying this was a “great diplomatic victory”.
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