VIDEO: Military presence in North and East should resemble other part of SL - UK

The UK hopes that the military presence in the North and East of Sri Lanka can move to resemble that in other parts of Sri Lanka, the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, John Rankin said today.

He also added that it is a good thing that the LTTE are no longer carrying out their terrorist activities and the LTTE remains a proscribed organisation in many countries of the world including the UK.

The UK hoped that the military presence in the North and East of the country can move to resemble that in other parts of Sri Lanka rather than the very large military presence which continues to be there in Jaffna and the Wanni, he claimed.

Rankin also added that the UK recognised the need for Sri Lanka to maintain normal military camps throughout the country as even in the case of the UK.