Sri-Lanka expresses gratitude over services, rendered by Pakistan Army Force

The Sri-Lankan High Commissioner, Air chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkedy has expressed his governments extreme gratitude over full technical and other services rendered by Pakistan to suppress Sri-Lankan Tamil insurgency.

During a press briefing on Monday at the Sri-Lankan High Commission on Monday evening, he thanked technical and logistics support, especially regarding training and technical support for Chinese F-7 jet fighters and C-130 aircraft, around 2006.

He said that both Pakistan and Sri-Lanka faced similar circumstances, while only background and circumstances differed; offering, that Sri-Lanka was willing to share experiences. He also informed that due to a long and protracted civil war Sri-Lanka faced massive number of displaced persons, amounting to more than 200,000 affectees, scattered across the length and breadth of Sri-Lanka.

He informed that Tamil Tigers had delivered massive damage to Sri Lanka since their insurgency in 1975, with “external support” which also included Indian Tamil community. He thanked the Pakistani military training support, especially in countering terrorism, since Sri Lankan military operation against Tamils had become inevitable in face of sheer stalemate in dialogue process.