Tamils in US want to return –  Lankan Ambassador to US       [October 06 2010]

After defeating the LTTE and with the newly dawned peaceful environment, some Sri Lankan Tamils in the US want to return to the island, the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the US, Jaliya Wickramasuriya said.

In an interview with the Business Today he said the Embassy had received letters from Tamils and they commended the peaceful situation in the country after many decades.

“ We have received letters from Tamils who have returned to Sri Lanka from the US, either to visit for the first time in many years, or to live. One said that, “now everyone lives happily and we can see that the government and the military are doing their job.” Another said, “never in my life did I think this trip would be possible.” Another wrote that, “now all my friends know about terror-free Sri Lanka,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa had a plan, and he carried it out and it has worked. We have our country back. People who never thought they’d be able to return have come back. We are all safe and we are moving forward”, he said.