The leader of the Canadian Liberal Party Justin Trudeau, said that it must be acknowledged that peace has not been settled in Sri Lanka, although the armed conflict ended 5 years ago.

A statement, released by Mr Trudeau’s office, further said that he would remain committed to achieving accountability and justice for those who had suffered the consequences of the war.

An event to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the armed conflict was marked by Canadian Tamils and politicians at an event in the Canadian parliament.

Several MPs and senators spoke at the event on Thursday, hosted by the Canadian Tamil Congress.

Tamils in Denmark marked the 5th anniversary of Mullivaikkal with a protest in Kopenhagen and an event in Randes.

"Madam Jayalalithaa and her party have stood firm against the injustices levelled upon the Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka. Madam Jayalalithaa is the first elected international leader who has formally referred to what is happening to the Tamil nation in the island as genocide, called for an international investigation in Sri Lanka to establish whether war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed, demanded for economic sanctions against the Colombo government and referred to President Rajapaksa as a war criminal."

"GTF sincerely hopes that Madam Jayalalithaa will be able to influence the new BJP led government under Prime Minister Elect, Hon. Narendra Modi to stand firm and be decisive when dealing with the historic and continued injustices served upon our people in the island of Sri Lanka."

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has telephoned the Indian prime minister-designate Narendra Modi  and congratulated him for the “decisive verdict” he received from the people, reported The Hindu.

Rajapaksa extended a personal invitation to Modi to visit Sri Lanka, the president’s spokesman Mohan Samaranayake was quoted as saying.