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Importance of Lanka's humanitarian operation not properly presented - Dr. Amunugama

Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation Dr. Sarath Amunugama said Sri Lanka's humanitarian mission of rescuing over 150,000 Tamil civilians from the clutches of LTTE terror was the greatest humanitarian operation in modern times.

However, this has not been presented properly to the global community and we are trying to respond to the criticisms levelled by the diaspora or the British Channel 4.

Dr. Amunugama said that he didn't think that as many as 150,000 people crossed the Berlin Wall. A maximum of 5,000 - 10,000 people would have crossed it. In Sri Lanka, over 150,000 people crossed the lagoon at Pudumathalan.

"We can't visualise any place in the world in recent times where 150,000 people have physically crossed to the side of freedom. But we never highlighted it, the Minister told the Sunday Observer.

The Minister said, "If we look at the core issue, we have done quite well. Our heroic forces who were under fire crossed the lagoon at Pudumathalan and went through difficult terrain to take charge of the earth bund that was built by the LTTE. Then they called upon over 150,000 civilians to cross over to the Government controlled area. It was a heroic effort and one of the greatest humanitarian operations in modern times."

Dr. Amunugama said when the book "Gota's War" was launched he had said that our case had not been presented properly to the global community. Perhaps, the External Affairs Ministry, Media Ministry and media personnel have been on the wrong track.

"We are only talking about what happened at the Nandikadal lagoon. Nobody talks about what happened at the lagoon at Pudumathalan.

"We have not expressed properly the humanitarian activities of our heroic Security Forces to the global community.

"Similarly to people talking about the rehabilitation that had taken place, these are matters that we need to highlight. Our media strategy has been very weak and we have not focused on the important aspects of our case," the Minister said.

 

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