Rajapaksa assures full security for SAARC summit
In the backdrop of the spurt in attacks by the LTTE, Sri Lanka has said it will take all necessary security measures during the SAARC summit here from July 27 that is scheduled to be attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The assurance was given to SAARC Secretary General Sheel Kanta Sarma who called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday evening.
"The President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the SAARC Secretary General that all security will be available during the holding of the SAARC summit," an official said.
Security drills for the Indian premier are also being taken up with the Sri Lankan security officials.
Sri Lanka has witnessed a spurt in violence after the government scrapped a tattered 2002 ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam thsi January. At least nine persons including five women, were killed and 71 others injured on Monday when a bomb, planted by suspected LTTE rebels, ripped through a packed train near here.
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The assurance was given to SAARC Secretary General Sheel Kanta Sarma who called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday evening.
"The President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the SAARC Secretary General that all security will be available during the holding of the SAARC summit," an official said.
Security drills for the Indian premier are also being taken up with the Sri Lankan security officials.
Sri Lanka has witnessed a spurt in violence after the government scrapped a tattered 2002 ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam thsi January. At least nine persons including five women, were killed and 71 others injured on Monday when a bomb, planted by suspected LTTE rebels, ripped through a packed train near here.
Read more,
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200805271421.htm
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