Displaced Muslims will be resettled soon

by Mohammed Naalir

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said all Muslim displaced people will be resettled in their own original places soon. We will certainly receive the assistance from the international community and working in unison is a must in the process of resettlement. He was addressing the 22nd commemorative event of forcible friction of the Muslims from the Northern Province at the BMICH.

Minister Rajapaksa said the all displaced persons had been resettled after the humanitarian operation was launched against the LTTE, even before the forces pass the Yodhawewa in Mannar. "President Mahinda Rajapaksa had said that the people who had been displaced in his regime should be resettled. We also want to resettle the displaced person as soon as possible. Displacement and resettlement is a common problem for the Muslims, Tamils and Sinhalese.

It is not the problem of a single community" Minister Basil said.

Over 350,000 persons displaced during the final battle against the LTTE were accommodated in welfare camps and provided all facilities. The Government drew up a plan to resettle most of them within 180 days. Amidst various difficulties we resettled those people as promised, he said.