VIDEO: Govt. summons UK Acting HC to protest Milibandâ€™s participation

February 24, 2010 04:34 pm

Sri Lanka has summoned the Acting British High Commissioner to lodge its â€œstrong protestâ€ against the UK Foreign Secretary David Milibandâ€™s intention to participate at the Global Tamil Forum inaugural meeting, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told reporters today.

Bogollagama who called a special briefing said that the Global Tamil Forum is an umbrella organization of the now vanquished terrorist group LTTE. He added that any Foreign Secretaryâ€™s physical presence at such a forum would give legitimacy to an organization with a separatist agenda for Sri Lanka.

Bogollagama said that this is a direct threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka.

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