The number of troops in the Jaffna Peninsula, at present has been further reduced to around 15,000, a reduction of over 60% troops deployed at the beginning of the humanitarian operation, Military Spokesperson Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya.
At the beginning of the humanitarian operation, nearly 50,000 troops were stationed in the peninsula, he further stated.
The areas we look at when we do an estimation of the security situation are the threats to national security, ground situation, security forces’ capabilities to meeting these needs,” he has said speaking to the press.
“The number of troops deployed in the area will change according to the given ground situation.” Brigadier Wanigasuriya said that the military does not change the number of troops stationed anywhere in the country, arbitrarily.
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