Lankan Tamils asked to cross over to areas controlled by govt

Colombo, September 5: As Lankan forces moved deeper into the rebel Tamil Tigers stronghold of Kilinochchi, the Country’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked civilians in LTTE-controlled areas to cross-over to government-controlled areas.

He told the Tamil population that the army would ensure their safe passage. Rajapaksa’s offer came as his military continued it’s push into the LTTE’s headquarters of Kilinochchi and nearby Mullaittivu.

The Government forces are encountering stiff resistance from the Tigers who have deployed all their resources to guard their nerve centre.

“President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited civilians in the North and the East forcibly detained by the LTTE to come and reside in cleared areas as a safe passage has already been ensured by the Security Forces,” Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said.

The Minister told reporters that the Government has taken all possible measures for the well-being and protection of civilians and that the Security Forces are capable of eliminating terrorism.

“They are not very far from achieving this goal,” the Minister said in a significant comment apparently implying that Lankan Army advances were progressing well.

“We will be able to experience a terror- free country very soon enabling all communities to live together without any fear,” the Minister said.

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