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No Foreign Troops during the SAARC SUMMIT in Colombo
Government of Sri Lanka denies JVP critisisam on security of the SAARC and said no foreign troops would be in Sri Lanka during the period.
Replying a question made by JVP Parliamentarian Bimal Ratnayake , Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said the propaganda carried out by the JVP regarding a battalion of 1,500 soldiers accompany the Indian Prime Minister visiting Sri Lanka for the SAARC summit is totally false and misleading. The Minister pointed out however, it is customary for foreign heads of states to bring specified number of security officials along with them.
According to the government sources the SAARC summit will be commenced from 27th July and it would be ended on 3rd August, in Colombo.However the National Freedom Front said the forthcoming summit is an important regional meeting for Sri Lanka.
"If Sri Lanka coul not hold the summit it would be a black mark for the country, a spokesman of the NFF said.
However the JVP on Wednesday showed its opposition against deploying Indian forces for the security of Indian participants in the forthcoming SAARC meeting in Sri Lanka.
"India has an inferiority complex against our troops because her army suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the LTTE but our troops had proven far better by almost sweeping off the LTTE. They want to look down on our troops because of this. That is the plan behind their proposal to bring Indian forces for their security," J.V.P. MP K. D. Lal kantha said.
He said that his party was against allowing the Indian troops coming in and this was a humiliation to our troops who had proven better against LTTE. "They would be brought here to exhibit their acrobats on the money of our taxpayers. The estimated cost for the SAARC summit is Rs 2,880 million, and a large sum of this would be spent on a foreign force. We are against this," he said.
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