The government has agreed to allow a team from the UN to enter the war-zone where Prbakaran and his surviving group of terrorists are holed in.
Human Rights and Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said logistical arrangements for such a visit are to be ironed out and the visit will take place soon.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s had demanded that the government must allow a team from the UN to enter the war zone and earlier Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse said no UN or any other organization would be allowed to enter the war zone.
Minister Samarasinghe said, “We have agreed in principle for a UN team to visit the conflict areas. That commitment remains. But the logistical preparations need to be put in place. It is not easy because there are security and other issues that need to be sorted out before a UN team can go into areas where there is fighting.”
There was speculation that Prabakaran and his band of terrorists remaining in the zone were trying to get help from the UN to flee the zone and move to another country.
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Human Rights and Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said logistical arrangements for such a visit are to be ironed out and the visit will take place soon.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s had demanded that the government must allow a team from the UN to enter the war zone and earlier Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse said no UN or any other organization would be allowed to enter the war zone.
Minister Samarasinghe said, “We have agreed in principle for a UN team to visit the conflict areas. That commitment remains. But the logistical preparations need to be put in place. It is not easy because there are security and other issues that need to be sorted out before a UN team can go into areas where there is fighting.”
There was speculation that Prabakaran and his band of terrorists remaining in the zone were trying to get help from the UN to flee the zone and move to another country.
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