If Sri Lanka Fails Against LTTE the World Fails Fight Against Terrorism-Rajapaksa Tells Oxford Union
Calling it the plain truth President Mahinda Rajapaksa said if Sri Lanka failed in her war against the LTTE the world will fail in its fight against terrorism and democracy will be victim addressing the Oxford University Student Union.
“The LTTE is the most brutal terror outfit the world has ever seen and defeating them requires global support. What Sri Lanka is doing..is fighting the terror outfit single handed to ensure that democracy and respect for human life prevail in the world,” the President said .
Calling the LTTE the main obstacle to development in Sri lanka the President said, it is time the world raising its united voice express its utter revulsion of the barbaric practice of suicide bombings and that form of political expression , if it could be described as such is utterly unacceptable in the civilized world.
Speaking to a packed house of Britishers and expatriate Sri Lankans the President pointed out at the Oxonians like the late S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike whose wife was the first woman Prime Minister of the world and the late Laxman Kadirgamar who was brutally assassinated by the LTTE.
Sri Lankan Society President Dilan Fernando and his members were joined by Pakistani, Palestine, Indian Socociety members in felicitating the President. Thai Society also sent their delegation to the audience.
The following is the unedited full text of the President’s speech:
#“It is with much pleasure that I address you in these hallowed surroundings tonight. I must thank the Oxford Union and Mr Dilan Fernando for this opportunity. Many renowned speakers have addressed you from here before me. I do not seek to match them in their eloquence but I do wish to speak to you on a subject of much interest to my country at the present time.
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“The LTTE is the most brutal terror outfit the world has ever seen and defeating them requires global support. What Sri Lanka is doing..is fighting the terror outfit single handed to ensure that democracy and respect for human life prevail in the world,” the President said .
Calling the LTTE the main obstacle to development in Sri lanka the President said, it is time the world raising its united voice express its utter revulsion of the barbaric practice of suicide bombings and that form of political expression , if it could be described as such is utterly unacceptable in the civilized world.
Speaking to a packed house of Britishers and expatriate Sri Lankans the President pointed out at the Oxonians like the late S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike whose wife was the first woman Prime Minister of the world and the late Laxman Kadirgamar who was brutally assassinated by the LTTE.
Sri Lankan Society President Dilan Fernando and his members were joined by Pakistani, Palestine, Indian Socociety members in felicitating the President. Thai Society also sent their delegation to the audience.
The following is the unedited full text of the President’s speech:
#“It is with much pleasure that I address you in these hallowed surroundings tonight. I must thank the Oxford Union and Mr Dilan Fernando for this opportunity. Many renowned speakers have addressed you from here before me. I do not seek to match them in their eloquence but I do wish to speak to you on a subject of much interest to my country at the present time.
Read more,
http://www.sinhalaya.com/news/english/wmview.php?ArtID=15276
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