FM: Sri Lanka addressing humanitarian factor well

London: Military operations to crush the Tigers are being carried out with the fewest possible civilian casualties, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told the BBC in an interview.

“Everyone has the right to be concerned on the humanitarian factor which Sri Lanka is addressing well,” he told the Evening Report interviewer.

“We have to be mindful how best we are going to protect our own people. We don’t want any collateral damage on our people.

That is how the military operations are being carried out with least amount of casualties,” he said.

The Evening Report podcast containing the interview is available at bbcworldservice.com/eveningreport