The Sri Lankan government said on Saturday that it had no plans to invite a UN peacekeeping force.
“There is no proposal for deployment of United Nations forces,” said the Minister of Information, Anura Priyadharshana Yapa in a statement.
Main opposition United National Party (UNP) MP, Dr Rajitha Senaratne, had made a statement that if the government failed to curb violations of the ceasefire, deployment of a UN peacekeeping force might become inevitable.
He said the emerging scenario was such that active members of the UN would suggest a peace keeping force be sent to contain the situation in Sri Lanka.
“Sri Lankan Government will not be able to stop the UN from sending its troops if the UN decided to do so,” Dr. Senaratne said.
He said the UN would not have any other option but to divide the country and accept the North and East as a separate state if its forces failed to bring lasting peace and said there were 21 such countries which were on the verge of being divided.
Reacting to this, Yapa wondered if the UNP was in an “unholy alliance with the LTTE to divide the country.”
The UNP MP’s statement on UN forces was “causing irreparable damage to the sovereignty and unity of the country,” the Minister said.
He wondered if the rest of the UNP shared Dr Senaratne’s view.
Lashing out at the JVP and the JHU, allies of President Mahinda Rajapakse, which have already objected to UN forces being introduced ins Sri Lanka, Dr. Senaratne said these parties were acting in ignorance. “These people were not aware that no one in Sri Lanka can stop a UN force arriving here in case such situation arises here,” he said.
“There is no proposal for deployment of United Nations forces,” said the Minister of Information, Anura Priyadharshana Yapa in a statement.
Main opposition United National Party (UNP) MP, Dr Rajitha Senaratne, had made a statement that if the government failed to curb violations of the ceasefire, deployment of a UN peacekeeping force might become inevitable.
He said the emerging scenario was such that active members of the UN would suggest a peace keeping force be sent to contain the situation in Sri Lanka.
“Sri Lankan Government will not be able to stop the UN from sending its troops if the UN decided to do so,” Dr. Senaratne said.
He said the UN would not have any other option but to divide the country and accept the North and East as a separate state if its forces failed to bring lasting peace and said there were 21 such countries which were on the verge of being divided.
Reacting to this, Yapa wondered if the UNP was in an “unholy alliance with the LTTE to divide the country.”
The UNP MP’s statement on UN forces was “causing irreparable damage to the sovereignty and unity of the country,” the Minister said.
He wondered if the rest of the UNP shared Dr Senaratne’s view.
Lashing out at the JVP and the JHU, allies of President Mahinda Rajapakse, which have already objected to UN forces being introduced ins Sri Lanka, Dr. Senaratne said these parties were acting in ignorance. “These people were not aware that no one in Sri Lanka can stop a UN force arriving here in case such situation arises here,” he said.