Mar 27, Colombo: Co-Chair of the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka today condemned the LTTE air raid on Sri Lanka Air Force Base in Katunayake and urged the British government to fully implement the LTTE proscription.
In a statement issued by the Lord Naseby of Sandy, Co-Chair of the group said this provocative action really undermines the peace process.
“This attack demonstrates the offensive air capability of the LTTE which undoubtedly poses a threat not only to the security of Sri Lanka, but to the entire South Asia region. It also exemplifies the LTTE’s steady expansion of its military capabilities with the objective of carrying out terrorist attacks,” he said.
The UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka, through its Co-chair Lord Naseby of Sandy requests the British Government to fully implement the LTTE proscription, bearing in mind the close nexus between its fund raising in UK and its acquisition of further military strike capabilities.
“The British Government therefore must bring concerted pressure upon the LTTE to return to the negotiating table, by pro-actively curbing its fund raising activities in the UK, which are undoubtedly a major contributory factor to its present intransigence,” he added.
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