Sri Lankan president vows ‘not to allow anybody to divide country’

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena pledged that he would not allow anyone to divide Sri Lanka, as he praised the military for securing the “unity of the country” at a ceremony in Colombo.

According to the President’s Media Division Mr Sirisena said “he would not allow anybody to divide the country which was united by the valiant war heroes shedding their blood”.

“If our war heroes wouldn’t have given their utmost commitment, knowledge, intelligence and experience for the country, we wouldn’t have secured the unity of the country,” he added.

He added the “the current government never under-estimate that utmost commitment done by the valiant war heroes for the motherland”.

His remarks were made at a ceremony in the Auditorium of the Defense College in Colombo where he handed over keys to 90 houses built for Sri Lankan soldiers. A further 10 were under construction.

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