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Tamil expatriates in Denmark back peace process by Ananth Palakidnar The expatriate Tamils domiciled in Denmark have pledged their support for the peace process in Sri Lanka and urged Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to be cautious over any saboteurs who are out to disrupt it. The Tamil Literary Association of Denmark has launched a campaign among the Sri Lankan Tamil expatriates to support the peace process of the Government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Mr. T. Tharmakulasingam, President of the Danish Tamil Literary Association, in an exclusive interview with the 'Sunday Observer'said that the Tamil expatriates living abroad were now looking forward to a durable solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and were confident that the peace process would be a success. "Most of the Sri Lankan Tamils currently living in Europe and other parts of the world were forced to flee Sri Lanka due to the traumatic situation in the past as a result of the ethnic crisis. Although most of the expatriates are currently living in affluent countries, they always think of their motherland and are longing to come back here. Several attempts had been made earlier to solve the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka, but they all proved futile. The Tamil expatriates now feel that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam could play a significant role in the peace process and accordingly expect the Government of Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe to lift the ban on the organisation before the negotiations begin," Mr. Tharmakulasingam said. On behalf of the Tamil expatriates in Denmark, Mr. Tharmakulasingam along with his colleague M.C. Loganathan have come over here to extend their support for the peace process and prepare a detailed report on the current political trend in the country. Mr. Tharmakulasingam said that he had come to Sri Lanka with a Memorandum on Peace to be handed over to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and other political parties in the country. "The memorandum was endorsed by the Tamil expatriates in Denmark and those in the Europe and Scandinavia at a special function held a few weeks ago in Denmark," he said. He said that he would be meeting the LTTE hierarchy in the Vanni soon to hand over the memorandum. "If a settlement on the ethnic conflict is reached, Sri Lanka would prosper immensely and several expatriates were looking forward to launch trade and industrial ventures with foreign collaboration. However if the peace process fails again, the whole country would be ruined forever," Mr. Tharmakulasingam said. |
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