Ceasefire Agreement a joke - Dr Kohona

Foreign Secretary Dr Palitha Kohona who is on a semi-official tour in Australia said the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, is a joke.

Responding to a media release issued by Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, Dr Kohona said that members of Sri Lankan diaspora in Australia must present the correct picture of Sri Lanka to their respective members of Parliament and their voices should be heard in Federal Parliament for supporting the people of Sri Lanka.

Foreign Minister Smith, issuing a media release, has expressed concern over the decision of Government of Sri Lanka to withdraw from the 2002 ceasefire agreement.

Lal Rankothge , President of Sri Lanka Australia Forum (ASF), a newly formed organisation said he has already informed his member organisations to write to the Australian Foreign Minister to inform him of the correct picture of 2002 ceasefire agreement.

Rankothge said that on request and facilitation of Gothami Indikadahena, Acting Consul General in Sydney, ASF has already co-ordinated a meeting with Dr. Kohona and key members of the Sri Lankan diaspora in Sydney on Friday at the Sri Lankan Consulate in Sydney on the issue of recent developments in Sri Lanka after the withdrawal of the ceasefire agreement.

Asian Tribune