Attacks will not defeat us: SL Prez

The President said he was expecting such attacks from the pro-LTTE diaspora and anti-Sri Lanka elements when he was leading his army to militarily crush the LTTEs separatist campaign. He also termed all allegations against his government as false accusations with ulterior motives.

Recalling Sri Lankas historical annals,the President drew parallels of Norwegian-backed ceasefire which ended in 2008 with various invasions of the nation.

A section of this country before 2009 was identified as an Eelam Tamil separate state region. The ceasefire agreement had even acknowledged some recognition to that effect.

How would it be the situation today unless we managed to annul the international community-engineered ceasefire? he asked.

India,along with 24 other countries,backed the resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva against Sri Lanka on March 21,asking it to conduct an independent and credible probe into allegations of human rights violations.