MoD lifts foreigners’ pre-travel approval to North

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) lifted the imposed pre-travel approval to the North, exclusively for foreign passport holders with effect from yesterday. According to military liaison officials, foreign passport holders are no longer required to produce a MoD travel approval document at Omanthai entry/exist point- the main travel checking point located in Vavuniya.

“As normalcy is flourishing in the country we see that travel restrictions to foreign passport holders as no longer required,” the official stated commenting on the latest move. This is a definite sign that the country is heading in the right direction with the rapid reconciliation and development taking place in Wanni and North, he further said.