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PRESS RELEASES BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN SRI LANKA
29 May 1999 Thai Premier pledges full cooperation to stop weapons and logistical supplies from reaching the LTTE through Thailand
27 May 1999 Cambodian help assured in dealing with the LTTE's arms, human and narcotics smuggling operations in the region
25 May 1999 Cambodia assures its assistance to halt arms shipments to the LTTE
16 February 1999 Statement made by Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ravinatha Aryasinha at the Cabinet Briefing held on 18th Feb. 1999, regarding an earlier press release issued by the Foreign Ministry concerning the exhumation of the alleged Chemmani grave site
22 January 1999 Press Release issued at the Media Conference held by Hon. Foreign Minister Kadirgamar at the National Press Club in Canberra on 22nd January 1999
19 November 1998 Funds raised for LTTE in South Africa chanelled through Australia
18 Nov 1998 Foreign Minister briefs South African groups on Sri Lanka situation
16 Nov 1998 President Mandela will not permit LTTE office in South Africa
13 November 1998 LTTE plunders Government food for civilians
5 November 1998 Statement issued by the Government on alleged Chemmani mass graves
9 October 1998 Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar urges US Congress to add voice to growing coalition to
end deployment of child soldiers
26 September 1998 Large majority of Tamils are against LTTE, says Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar in
New York
26 September 1998 Foreign Minister Kadirgamar tells NAM meeting "Terrorism will be the principal challenge to peace in the coming era"
22 September 1998 President Kumaratunga says Sri Lanka will share with the world its experience in grappling with terrorism
2 August 1999 Statement on the Assassination of Dr Neelan Thiruchelvam made by Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, at the briefing of the Diplomatic Corps resident in Sri Lanka on 2nd August, 1999
   

 

 

FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS AGENCY REPORT ON RECENT CALIFORNIA JUDGEMENT RELATING TO LTTE CASE WAS SLANTED
 
US GOVERNMENT DISMISSES LTTE CLAIM OF VICTORY IN CALIFORNIA COURT CASE

Sri Lanka wants action against LTTE front groups

Sri Lanka's foreign minister has called for international action against front organisations of the Tamil Tiger rebels as the money they raised was funding the guerrillas' war chest.

"The day after a bomb goes off in Sri Lanka, a flurry of brave communications issued from London on behalf of the Terrorist organisation" - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka

The Minister described how disappointed people of Sri Lanka continue to be when "the day after a bomb goes off a flurry of brave communications issued from 211 Catherine Road in London" and said "I do not say for one moment that what happens here at 211 Catherine Road or elsewhere is something at which the Government of the United Kingdom, past or present, connives or condones. But I do say that there is a degree of passivity in its reaction to the role that this terrorist organisation plays in this country that causes very great distress to the Sri Lankan people."

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