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Sri Lanka said that Western governments should come to a conclusion as to who speak for the Tamils of Sri Lanka, whether those in the diaspora, who continue to seek an independent Tamil Eelam or peace loving Tamils in Sri Lanka and abroad.
“Western governments too will soon have to come to a conclusion as to who speaks for the Tamils of Sri Lanka? Whether it is those in the diaspora who are unrepentant, militant and continue to seek an independent ‘Tamil Eelam’, or whether it should be those peace loving Tamils living both in Sri Lanka, as well as abroad, who are ready to move forward with other communities in Sri Lanka in solidarity,” Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha has said.
Ambassador Aryasinha made these observations when he addressed a group of senior members of the judicial, police, intelligence, military and corporate security community in Brussels, on the theme ‘Thwarting the LTTE’s designs in Europe’ at a meeting of the European Corporate Security ssociation (ECSA).
He also said that “since the military defeat of the LTTE in Sri Lanka in May 2009, Europe has become the preferred location for concentration of assets, personnel and activity of the LTTE”.
He said, besides the radicalized activism of LTTE front organizations in several European capitals, and the arrest of 32 LTTE activists in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland and conviction of a further 21 in France over the past 15 months, the 'in-charge' of the LTTE’s assets and network of front organizations Nadiyavan, the LTTE's senior most surviving intelligence leader Vinayakam, Propagandist-in-Chief Jeyachandran and Global Tamil Forum chief Fr. Emmanuel were all located in Europe, to which also the centre of gravity of the so-called “Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam has shifted following the formation of the breakaway TGTE (Democrats) group recently.
Ambassador Aryasinha also noted that “Sri Lanka’s quest for reconciliation and development will no doubt be helped, to the extent that foreign governments maintain a watchful eye, concerning the activities of pro-LTTE elements”, said ‘It is important that European States and institutions do not provide any political or symbolic support, nor should they be fooled by the false pretences of those continuing to advocate mono-ethnic separatism in Sri Lanka ‘through peaceful means’, while espousing the ideology of the LTTE, using its money and being manipulated by its surviving military leaders”.
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