Though there is a whole complex situation on the ground in Sri Lanka it is to defeat terrorism it can not be seem as against Tamil ethnicity . Tamil people are part of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka has a problem with a terrorist organization not with the Tamil people.

“It is a struggle to rid Sri Lanka of a globally recognized terrorist organization the LTTE... Most of the Tamil population lives in harmony with Sinhalese, Muslim and other ethnic groups,” he said

President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government is giving the “utmost priority” to protecting civilians caught in the fighting, the ambassador said in an e-mailed statement to Bloomberg news.

The United Nations says thousands of civilians are facing a humanitarian catastrophe in Sri Lanka’s north where they are caught in the army’s drive to defeat the Tamil Tigers. Sri Lanka’s government accuses the LTTE of holding about 70,000 people against their will.

The LTTE, which is fighting for a separate Tamil homeland, is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S., the European Union and India. Tamils made up 11.9 percent of Sri Lanka’s population of 20 million and the Sinhalese almost 74 percent, according to a 2001 census.

“We realize that once terrorism has ended, the only way forward is to bring all the parties together,” Wickramasuriya said.

President has “called upon all Tamil political parties in the parliament to begin planning for a post-conflict society.”