In the wake of Mumbai coming under the terror attack, Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare and Defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella has called for greater cooperation among the South Asian countries to combat terrorism more forcefully than in the past.
Commenting on the Mumbai mayhem in his capacity as the Defence spokesperson Minister Rambukwella told the Observer Online today that it was the SAARC nations that have been badly hit by terrorism in the world. "Sri Lanka has been fighting against terrorism for the past thirty years.
Our country suffered terribly due to terrorism and we are still continuing with our struggle against this menace. A month ago the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad came under attack with several people losing their lives. Now the city of Mumbai has been attacked with scores of innocent civilians losing their lives and the city remained under the grip of terrorists for almost three days.