Sri Lanka’s peace will be secured only when the international network of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is dismantled after the defeat of the rebel military wing in May, Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said. “It is only when these elements have also been defeated that we can claim to have truly secured our nation,” [...]
The JVP yesterday warned Presidential Advisor MP Basil Rajapaksa and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa that they would not be able to avoid being prosecuted by the United States unless they gave up US citizenship. JVP Kurunegala MP Bimal Ratnayake yesterday told Parliament that the United States could not prosecute any Sri Lankan official or Statesman [...]
Immigration authorities want to speak to General Sarath Fonseka over alleged offences in conflict against Tamil Tigers Sri Lanka today objected to attempts by the US to question the chief of its army over allegations of war crimes during the final stages of the conflict with the Tamil Tigers. US immigration authorities told General Sarath [...]
As officers from the US Department of Homeland Security are preparing to quiz Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka on November 04 regarding alleged war crimes that had taken place in the country, the government of Sri Lanka had officially objected and protested such moves and the Foreign Ministry had already summoned the US [...]
Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa accompanied by Army Chief Jagath Jayasuriya on Thursday visited Mullaithivu and Oddusudan, theatre of last battles between the military and LTTE. “I give you my gratitude and also present compliments on behalf of H.E the President for the triumph over terrorism. What was so defined as ‘distance’ and ‘impossible’ [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa was conferred with the honorary degree (honoris causa) “Doctor of Law” and Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa with the honorary degree “Doctor of Letters” by the University of Colombo yesterday, (06 September). The Senate of the University of Colombo with the approval of the Council of the University resolved that these Degrees of [...]
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has warned that though the LTTE had been crushed militarily, the group would not give up its efforts to challenge the government. Addressing the navy at the strategic Trincomalee base on August 28, the architect of Sri Lanka’s victory over terrorism cautioned the navy the LTTE would make a fresh attempt [...]
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that though the LTTE had been military crushed once and for all, attempts were being made to rescue hardcore terrorists taking refuge among civilians accommodated in welfare centres in the Vavuniya region. He warned that this could be a part of an overall strategy to explore ways and means [...]
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