Western countries again trying to create disharmony

Athapattu Bandara

Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne yesterday warned that certain Western countries again are trying to create a distance between Sinhala and Tamil communities which would consequently damage the long term friendship between Sri Lanka and India.

The conspiracy has again raised its ugly head as what was happening decades ago, he said. The Premier made these observations when he visited the Hindu and Cultural Department to review the progress of the department.

As per with the information received on this conspiracy, it is reported that it would be designed to create an anarchical situation in the country which would again sow the seeds of hatred between the Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus, he said.

The Premier inspected the progress reports of the department and programmes scheduled for this year.

In the past, people from from India migrated to Sri Lanka and settled down on our soil. They led peaceful lives and ethnic coexistence was rampant in those days, he reiterated. But the Westerners who are keen on creating a crisis in Asian countries are making the ground for rivalry among Asian nations.

"We should never let these forces to flourish, he emphasized. The powerful countries always attempt to keep the poor countries in crisis. They manufacture weapons to destroy the world, he explained.

The Premier also stated that though the Westerners invade countries on the pretext of safeguarding human rights, they primarily target at changing regime to their liking.

But nowhere they have been successful in curbing the violence in those countries. They accelerated the situation from bad to worse, he said. The Western countries keep on spying on Asia and, in particular, the focal point of their outcry has been India. They attempt to dismantle the Indian hegemony and create an adversary against it.

As a result, there are three new movements are active on the Indian soil demanding separate homelands.

No matter how hard they might try, if we continue to live in harmony those powers cannot do any harm to us , he said.