Foreigners can travel North sans approval – Defence Ministry

July 4, 2011 07:19 pm

Ministry of Defence lifted the imposed pre-travel approval exclusively for foreign passport holders when travelling to the North with effect from today (04).

According to Military Liaison Officer Officials, foreign pass port holders are no longer required to produce a MOD travel approval document at Omanthai entry/exist point- the main travel checking point located in Vavuniya.

“As normalcy is flourishing in the country we see that travel restrictions to foreign passport holders as no longer required”, the official stated commenting on the latest move.

This is a definite sign that the country is heading in the right direction with the rapid reconciliation and development taking place in Wanni and North he further said, the Defence Ministry stated.

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