Friday, May 29, 2009
Refugee resettlement plan outlined
Sri Lanka plans to resettle most of the 280,000 refugees who fled the war with the defeated Tamil Tigers within six months, the government said on Thursday after meeting visiting Indian officials.
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K.Narayanan met President Mahinda Rajapaksa, after Sri Lanka declared total victory in a 25-year war over the Tamil Tigers in which India's role has always loomed large.
Sri Lanka said on May 18 it had totally defeated the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ending a war long viewed as unwinnable.
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Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K.Narayanan met President Mahinda Rajapaksa, after Sri Lanka declared total victory in a 25-year war over the Tamil Tigers in which India's role has always loomed large.
Sri Lanka said on May 18 it had totally defeated the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ending a war long viewed as unwinnable.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: defeated tamil tigers, LTTE, ltte chief prabhakaran, Sri Lanka, sri lanka plans, Tamil Tigers, War
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