Sri Lanka urges Qatar to ban LTTE

Sri Lanka has urged Qatar to ban the LTTE, Sri Lanka's Deputy Foreign Minister, who is on a tour of the region, told the media yesterday.

Hussein A Bhaila said after a meeting with Qatar's Assistant Foreign Minister, H E Muqaddam Al Bonain, that one of the issues discussed was to ban the LTTE.

Asked what impact he thought the move would have on the LTTE, Bhaila said if nothing else, it would put moral pressure on the terrorist organisation.

His comments came in response to a question from The Peninsula about reports that some LTTE operators were extorting money from low-income Sri Lankan workers here to remit funds home.

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