Sri Lanka is setting up a new force to fight Tamil Tiger terrorism and eradicate the separatist war running for three years, a state-run daily said today. The Dinamina Sinhalese language daily quoting Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake said here that the new force will be set up with the objective of protecting the country's territorial integrity.
“Volunteers will be chosen from several areas and the force is being set up with the objective of safeguarding the territorial integrity of the country and end terrorism in three years,” the prime minister said. The Dinamina newspaper said the prime minister announced the plan at a school ceremony yesterday in his home constituency of Horana, outside the capital Colombo.
Details of the scheme were immediately announced. However, the prime minister who is also the acting defence minister said volunteers would be given proper training. The prime minister has vowed to militarily crush LTTE rebels who are fighting for an independent homeland in the island's northeast.
Bureau Report