ලංකාපුවත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ප්‍රවෘත්ති නියෝජිත ආයතනය.

(Colombo-Lankapuvath-May 26) – After 30 years, the writ of the central government now runs throughout the whole country, consequent to the successful elimination of LTTE terrorism, and the responsibility for the revival of the battered economy now rests solely with the State Sector, said Prof. G. L. Peiris, Minister of Export Development and International Trade and acting Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, at a meeting held at the Export Development Board (EDB) auditorium in Colombo last Thursday (21).

The meeting was convened to felicitate the President and the armed forces for the eradicating of terrorism in the country.

But, Prof. Peiris reiterated that such countries did not have any legal or moral right to make such inquiries. Even the United Nations could interfere in the affairs of a country only if a situation developing in that country would spill over into the neighbouring states or negatively affect another country. This aspect was clearly stated in Article 7 of the United Nations Constitution.

Prof. Peiris also said that it was not only Sri Lanka that suffered at the hands of LTTE terrorism. A respected Indian leader, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by the LTTE. As such, it is the duty and obligation of the international community to appreciate and be grateful for the total eradication of such terrorism from the face of the earth rather than engaging in prevarications.