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Prof Rohan Gunaratna tells SLBC :
SL needs comprehensive strategy to counter pro-LTTE elements
International terrorism expert and Singapore International Centre for
Political Violence and Terrorism Research Head Prof Rohan Gunaratna said
that Sri Lanka should have a comprehensive strategy to counter malicious
campaigns launched by pro – LTTE elements against the country in the
aftermath of its victory over terrorism.
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Prof Gunaratna |
Gunaratna in an exclusive interview with the Sri Lanka Broadcasting
Corporation on Wednesday said Sri Lankan authorities should think of
post- war strategy, which includes ways and means of countering the
malicious campaigns against the country.
He also emphasized the need of having closer ties with India, Russia
and China and European countries. Gunaratna added that the members of
academia and all Sri Lankans in foreign countries should have a sense of
duty to negate this type of malicious propaganda which is being carried
out by LTTE sympathizers in a subtle way.
Prof Gunaratna added that Sri Lanka and Russia enjoy very close
relations and the President’s recent visit to Russia further
strengthened bilateral relations.
He stressed that the video telecast by Channel 4 is bias and it has
not focused on the fact that all communities are living peacefully after
the end of terrorism in Sri Lanka.
Prof Gunaratna was of the view that Sri Lanka should also implement a
mechanism to show the world about how the government rehabilitated
thousands of former LTTE combatants and how the people displaced by
terrorist atrocities were resettled in their original villages. He
stressed that the world community should be briefed on the massive
development in the North and the East in the aftermath of 30 years. Prof
Gunaratna added that the Sri Lanka mission overseas should work
efficiently to counter this type of malicious campaigns.
He said that the LTTE seems to be using human rights organizations
and media as a cats’ paw to achieve their aims. Prof Gunaratna said that
UN permanent representative and his deputy were able to prove that the
Channel 4 video was a fake. |
