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Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 11.05 GMT |
Pooneryn falls: “Lay down arms now”
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President tells LTTE
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“In this situation my clear message to
Prabhakaran and the LTTE is to lay down
their arms and come forward for discussions
with us forthwith”, said President Mahinda
Rajapaksa in a statement to the nation on
the success of the Security Forces in
regaining control of the A 32 Highway and
Pooneryn in the North of Sri Lanka.
President Rajapaksa said the laying down of
arms now, and surrendering, was the greatest
service the LTTE could do to the people in
the areas of armed conflict and the all
peoples of Sri Lanka.
In announcing the success of the Security
Forces in regaining control of the A 32
highway last evening (14) and the entry to
the LTTE’s strategic stronghold of Pooneryn
this morning (15), President Rajapaksa said:
“I wish to inform the people that our heroic
forces have been able to take full control
of the A 32 highway and Pooneryn area. This
will enable us to have a land route to
Jaffna after several years, since the launch
of Eelam War 2.
“Therefore, in this situation my clear
message to Prabhakaran and the LTTE is to
lay down their arms and come forward for
discussions with us forthwith.
The laying down of their arms and
surrendering is the greatest service the
LTTE could do to the people in the areas of
armed conflict and all peoples of Sri
Lanka.”
The statement by the President came shortly
after the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
Lt. General Sarath Fonseka informed the
President of the successful entry of the Sri
Lanka Army to the LTTE stronghold of
Pooneryn, this morning.
President Rajapaksa completes the first
three years of election to the Presidency on
November 17, 2008.
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