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THE STATE OF BUSINESS – 16th Nov, 2007

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HEADLINES
1. TEA BOARD TO WAIVE DOCUMENT LODGMENT FEES FOR
EXPORTERS WHO SUBMIT CUSDEC’S ONLINE, AND

2. GOVERNMENT COMMENDS UNITED STATE’S DECISION TO

FREEZE ASSETS OF THE TRO
1. TEA – VTR
THE SRI LANKA TEA BOARD TODAY ANNOUNCED THE DECISION TO
WAIVE THE DOCUMENT LODGMENT FEES CHARGED FROM EXPORTERS WHO
SUBMIT CUSTOMS DECLARATION FORMS OR CUSDEC’S ONLINE.

THIS STEP WAS TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE TEA EXPORTERS TO USE THE

ONLINE SUBMISSION FACILITY WHICH WAS INTRODUCED BY E-
SERVICES LANKA LIMITED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THE TEA BOARD SAYS THE TOP TEN EXPORTERS IN THE COUNTRY ARE
ALREADY UTILIZING THIS FACILITY.

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2. TRO – VTR

THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT IT

IS FREEZING THE ASSETS OF THE TAMIL REHABILITATION
ORGANIZATION COMMONLY KNOWN AS TRO.

THE UNITED STATES SAYS THE ACTION WAS TAKEN BECAUSE THEY
HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT, QUOTE “THE TRO ACTS AS A FRONT TO
FACILITATE FUNDRAISING AS WELL AS ARMS AND OTHER
PROCUREMENT FOR THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL ELAM”
UNQUOTE.

THE US EMBASSY IN COLOMBO CALLED A MEDIA BRIEFING THIS

EVENING TO EXPLAIN THE MATTER IN DETAIL.

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3. TRO EXTRO – DRY

MEANWHILE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA

MAKING A STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT TODAY COMMENDED THE MOVE
TAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES TO FREEZE THE TRO’S ASSETS.

BOGOLLAGAMA SAID THAT BY DOING SO, THE US GOVERNMENT

BECOMES THE FIRST FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO TAKE TANGIBLE
ACTION AGAINST AN LTTE FRONT ORGANIZATION.

CARD IN

HE ALSO SAID YESTERDAY’S ACTION CONSTITUTES A VITAL FURTHER

STEP IN U.S. COOPERATION TOWARDS HELPING END TERRORISM BY
THE LTTE.
BOGGOLLAGAMA ADDED THAT THIS PRECEDENT SET BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH ARE ALSO
INVESTIGATING LTTE FRONT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE TRO.

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4. FCCISL – VTR

CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS MINISTER DEW GUNASEKERA SAYS A

NEGOTIATED SOLUTION IS THE BEST OPTION TO RESOLVE THE NORTH
EAST CONFLICT.

HOWEVER THE MINISTER SAYS AT PRESENT THIS SEEMS A “DISTANT

DREAM”.

GUNASEKERA, WHO IS ALSO THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE

COMMUNIST PARTY, MADE THESE COMMENTS WHILE ADDRESSING A
GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN IN COLOMBO YESTERDAY.

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5. CORPORATE- SONY

SIEDLES THE AUTHORIZED SALES AGENTS FOR SONY IN SRI LANKA

HAS JUST LAUNCHED THE ALL NEW BRAVIA LCD TELEVISION WHICH
PROMISES UNRIVALED PICTURE CLARITY.

SONY INTRODUCED THE NEW PRODUCT AT A LAUNCH HELD LAST

EVENING.

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STOX

TRADING AT THE CSE WAS RELATIVELY DULL TODAY. INTEREST WAS

SEEN ON SELECTIVE COUNTERS WHILE BOTH INDICES ENDED IN THE
RED.

THE DAY’S VOLUMES LIST WAS TOPPED BY BAIRAHA FARMS WHICH

TRADED 2.5 MILLION SHARES. THREE ACRE FARMS WAS NEXT IN
LINE WITH 2.1 MILLION SHARES WHILE CEYLON GLASS FOLLOWED.
BAIRAHA FARMS ALSO PUMPED IN THE MAJOR SHARE TO TURN OVER
OF 39.9 MILLION AND WAS FOLLOWED BY THREE ACRE FARMS AND C
W MACKIE.

NO CROSSINGS TOOK PLACE FOR THE DAY.

CARD 1
THE ASPI ENDED THE DAY 15.91 POINTS DOWN AT 2,625.69 WHILE
THE MILANKA DROPPED BY 15.05 POINTS TO CLOSE THE WEEK AT
3,506.88

TURN OVER FOR THE DAY WAS RECORDED AT 237.1 MILLION RUPEES.

CARD 2
LEADING THE DAY’S GAINERS WERE PARQUET, PARQUET RIGHTS,
THREE ACRE FARMS, FORT LAND AND ALUFAB

CARD 3
WHILE CEYLON GLASS RIGHTS, LANKA CERAMIC, NUWARA ELIYA,
EQUITY AND PEGASUS HOTELS TOPPED THE LOSERS LIST

MANJULA FROM ASHA PHILLIP JOINS US NOW FOR A SUMMARY OF

STOCK MARKET OPERATIONS FOR THIS WEEK.

FOREX RATES
CARD 4
CARD 5
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 16 / 11 / 2007
REPORTER: CHAMINDA
SLUG: FCCISL – VTR

CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS MINISTER DEW GUNASEKERA SAYS A

NEGOTIATED SOLUTION IS THE BEST OPTION TO RESOLVE THE NORTH
EAST CONFLICT.

HOWEVER THE MINISTER SAYS AT PRESENT THIS SEEMS A “DISTANT

DREAM”.

GUNASEKERA, WHO IS ALSO THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE

COMMUNIST PARTY, MADE THESE COMMENTS WHILE ADDRESSING A
GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN IN COLOMBO YESTERDAY.

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D E W Gunasekera – Minister
Minister of Constitutional Affairs & National Integration

‘FINDING PEACE’

“Negotiated solution is the best option”- D.E.W.

“LTTE needs an alternative solution to the Eelam”- D.E.W.

VOICE OVER – FCCISL – VTR – CHAMINDA – 16 / 11

THE MINISTER OF CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS SPOKE ON

“MAINTAINING THE BALANCE OF PEACE BUILDING AND ECONOMIC
GROWTH” AT A FORUM ORGANIZED BY THE FCCISL.

HERE HE IDENTIFIED THREE KEY ISSUES WHICH HAS A HEAVY

IMPACT ON THE COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AMONG THEM WERE HIGH BORROWINGS FOR GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE

AND LOSS MAKING PUBLIC INSTITUTES.

8.53
LOSSES FROM OUR PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, OF WHICH I IDENTIFIED
THREE AREAS SUCH AS TRANSPORT, PETRO, ELECTRICITY AND AS A
RESULT OF PRICE HIKE IN OIL, CPC HAS TO SUPPLY TO CTB,
RAILWAY FOR WHICH THEY ARE NOT GETTING MONEY, FOR ARMED
FORCES AND CEB WHICH THEY ARE NOT GETTING MONEY, AND THE
CPC ITSELF. THE ENTIRE ECONOMY REST ON THE SMOOTH FUNCTION
OF THESE THREE AREAS OF THE ECONOMY. 9.50

HE IDENTIFIES DEFENSE EXPENDITURE AS THE THIRD ISSUE WHICH

THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMY IS FINDING DIFFICULT TO COPE, WHICH
STANDS AT 137 BILLION RUPEES THIS FOR YEAR.

GUNASEKERA SAYS THE INTENSIFYING CONFLICT WHICH HAS CAUSED

ENORMOUS DAMAGED TO THE COUNTRY CAN BE RESOLVED AMICABLY,
IF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS ARE READY TO SIT AND TALK.

17.46
THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS OPEN FOR US TO PEACE, TALK WITH
LTTE AND NEGOTIATE THAT IS THE BEST, BUT THAT IS A DISTANT
DREAM, YOU CANT SEE ANY PROGRESS IN THAT DIRECTION.18.24
22.10
I HAVE BEEN VARIOUS OFFICIALLY AND UNOFFICIALLY, TRYING TO
GET LTTE TO AGREE TO DROP ELAM AND COME FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.
LONG AS THEY STICK TO ELAM, WE WILL NEVER AGREE TO THAT, ON
POLICY WISE WE ARE IN FOR A SELF DETERMINATION OF PEOPLE’S,
BUT SMALL COUNTRY LIKE OURS , IT IS NOT IN THE INTEREST OF
MINORITY INTERGRITY22.44

HOWEVER HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOW TAKEN SOME SENSIBLE

STEPS TOWARDS RESOLVING SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES SUCH
AS MAKING PUBLIC SERVANTS LEARN TAMIL AS THEIR SECOND
LANGUAGE.
ACCORDING TO HIM ONLY 6% OF THE PUBLIC SERVANTS OF THE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SPEAK TAMIL.

29. 38
FROM JULY NO ONE IS RECRUITED TO THE PUBLIC, EVERY ONE IS
RECRUITED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM HAS TO LEARN THE SECOND
LANGUAGE IT HAS BECOME A LAW29.49
30.23
WITHIN THIS TWO MONTHS YOU WILL BE SURPRISED 6000 PUBLIC
SERVENTS HAVE ATTENDED TAMIL CLASSES IN MINISTRIES30.39
31.22
WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT FOR PROPER USAGE, AT LEAST 300,000
PUBLIC SERVANTS SHOULD BE CONVERSANT WITH TAMIL31.31

ENDS.
SEGMENT: CORPORATE
DATE: 16TH NOVEMBER 2007
REPORTER: RIYAD R.
EDITOR: ANOUK T.
SLUG: SONY

SIEDLES THE AUTHORIZED SALES AGENTS FOR SONY IN SRI LANKA

HAS JUST LAUNCHED THE ALL NEW BRAVIA LCD TELEVISION WHICH
PROMISES UNRIVALED PICTURE CLARITY.

SONY INTRODUCED THE NEW PRODUCT AT A LAUNCH HELD LAST

EVENING.

ROLL VTR

Super

Rajen Udeshi
Director
Siedles (Pvt) Ltd.

TAG

‘BRAVIA LCD TV’S’

VOICE OVER / SONY / RIYAD / 16TH NOVEMBER 2007 / VTR

BEST RESOLUTION AUDIO VISUAL ARCHITECTURE BETTER KNOW AS

BRAVIA IS THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY SONY WHICH
GIVES AMAZING PICTURE QUALITY, SMOOTHER MOTION AND A
PROPRIETARY FILTRATION SYSTEM WHICH CUTS CROSS COLOR
DISTORTIONS.

SONY PROMISES A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF BRAVIA TV’S THAT

ENSURES MEETING THE REQUIREMENT OF EACH INDIVIDUAL AND
BUDGET AT ITS SIEDLES OUTLETS ISLANDWIDE.

CURRENTLY 5 MODELS OF THE BRAVIA HIGH DEFINITION LCD TV’S

ARE AVAILABLE IN SRI LANKA WITH SCREEN SIZES VARYING FROM
20 INCHES RIGHT UP TO 52 INCHES.

5.16 RAJEN
BASICALLY AT THE HEART OF BRAVIA IS WHAT WE CALL THE BRAVIA
ENGINE 5.21 WHICH ENABLES YOU TO ENJOY SHARPER IMAGES AND
MORE VIVID COLOR 5.28 ANYBODY WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY HERE
WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND ANY CUSTOMER WHO WENT TO SEE IT
CAN ALWAYS VISIT ANY OF THE SIEDLES SHOWROOM OR THEIR
DEALERS ISLAND WIDE THE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT IN PICTURE
QUALITY BRAVIA LCD’S GIVES. 4.48

ENDS/
SEGMENT : MAIN
DATE : 16/11/07
REPORTER : LASHINI
SLUG : TEA – VTR

THE SRI LANKA TEA BOARD TODAY ANNOUNCED THE DECISION TO

WAIVE THE DOCUMENT LODGMENT FEES CHARGED FROM EXPORTERS WHO
SUBMIT CUSTOMS DECLARATION FORMS OR CUSDEC’S ONLINE.

THIS STEP WAS TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE TEA EXPORTERS TO USE THE

ONLINE SUBMISSION FACILITY WHICH WAS INTRODUCED BY E-
SERVICES LANKA LIMITED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THE TEA BOARD SAYS THE TOP TEN EXPORTERS IN THE COUNTRY ARE
ALREADY UTILIZING THIS FACILITY.

ROLL VTR
VOICE OVER - LASHINI – 16/11/07 – TEA - VTR

THIS ONLINE SYSTEM WHICH INTENDS TO REDUCE DOCUMENTATION

RELATED LEAD TIME AND ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR EXPORTERS TO
VISIT THE TEA BOARD OFFICE FOR SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS WAS
INTRODUCED BY E-SERVICES LANKA LIMITED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

HETT
3:09
NOT ONLY SAVING TIME AND THE HASSLE TO COME TO THIS PLACE
TO LODGE THE CUSDEC FORM AND ALSO TO ATTEND OTHER MATTERS
CONNECTED TO THIS PROCESS OF EXPORTING ANDS DOCUMENTATION
WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR SUCH EXPORT OF TEA .BUT ALSO TO
REDUCE THEIR COST.S
3:38INFACT WE HAVE JUST AGREED TO EVEN DO AWAY WITH THE
LODGMENT FEES THAT WE HAVE BEEN CHARGING SO FAR OF 100
RUPEES PER PAGE OF A CUSTOMS DECLARATION FORM WHICH I DON’T
SAY IS A BIG AMOUNT BUT THEN IT IS A GESTURE OF GOOD WILL
EXTEND TO THE EXPORTER TO REDUCE THEIR COSTS. 4:10
IN ADDITION TO THE AVOIDENCE OF THE HASSEL OF COMING HERE
AND SAVING TIME IN DOING ALL THIS WORK 4:20

6:13
AS AT TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT 70 WHO HAVE REGISTERED WITH THIS
SYSTEM, OUR EXPORTERS
BUT WE DO HAVE MORE THAN 285 EXPORTERS ALONG WITH THE SMALL
TIME EXPORTERS. 6:30

6:50
VA
A CUSTOM DECLARATION GENERALLY HAVE AROUND 2 PAGES AS
HUMBLY AS MR, H PUT IT ACROSS GENERALLY YOUR TEA EXPORT
IS GOING TO SAVE AROUND 200 RUPEES. BECAUSE THE 100 RUPEE
LODGMENT FEE IS PER PAGE.
7:10
SO THAT IS A FURTHUR SAVING
NOW THE OTHER IMP AREA IS THE NEED TO MAKE PAYMENTS FOR PAL
AND CESS.WHICH ARE EXPORT ORIENTED PAYMENTS ONLINE. SO BY
DOING SO YOU GET THE TOTAL END TO END BENEFIT OF A TOTAL
PAPERLESS ENVIRONMENT
7:32
HDH
9:20
LARGEST 10 EXPORTERS ARE ALREADY IN THE ONLINE SYSTEM
SUBMISSION 09:25
09:

HETT
15:17
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A BEAU RAE IN SOMWHER IN
PALIYAGODA OR SOMEWHER TO HAVE THIS SMALL TIMERS WHO DO
NOT HAVE THE FACILITY AT THE MOMENT TO GO AND LODGE A
CUSDEC THROUGH THAT BEAURAUY ALSO.
15:37 SO THESE ARE CERTAIN ADVANTAGES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED
FOR THE FUTURE15:43, AGAINGWE HAVE SOME OFFICES OUTSIDE
COLOMBO. PERHAPS A POSSIBILITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WE
GET THIS FACILIYT THROUGH BRANCH OFFICES AS WELL]16:03
16:04
IMAGINE A PERSON WHO IS IN HATTON OR N’ELIYA HAVING TO COME
OVER TO COLOMBO TO LODGE A ENTRY THIS CAN BE AVOIDED IF WE
CAN DO IT ONLINE.

16:13

VA
16:35
THE ONLINE SUBMISSION FACILITY HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 9
MONTHS. SINCE AUGUST LAST YEAR IT WAS EXPANDED TO ALL TEA
EXPORTERS
16:45
UNTIL AUGUST IT WAS CONFINED TO 30 EXPORTERS 16:49
SEGMENT : MAIN
DATE : 16/11/07
REPORTER : LASHINI
SLUG : TEA – VTR

THE SRI LANKA TEA BOARD HAS DECIDED TO WAIVE OFF DOCUMENT
LODGMENT FEES CHARGED FROM EXPORTERS WHO SUBMIT CUSTOMS
DECLARATION FORMS ONLINE.

THIS STEP WAS TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE TEA EXPORTERS TO USE THE

ONLINE SUBMISSION FACILITY WHICH WAS INTRODUCED BY E-
SERVICES LANKA LIMITED EARLY THIS YEAR.

THE TEA BOARD SAYS THE TOP TEN EXPORTERS IN THE COUNTRY ARE
ALREADY UTILIZING THIS FACILITY.

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SUPER:

Lalith Hettiarachchi
Chairman
Sri Lanka Tea Board

Info tags:

‘ONLINE SUBMISSION’

CUSDEC lodgment fees waived

VOICE OVER - LASHINI – 16/11/07 – TEA - VTR

3:38 HETTIARACHCHI
IN FACT WE HAVE JUST AGREED TO EVEN DO AWAY WITH THE
LODGMENT FEES THAT WE HAVE BEEN CHARGING SO FAR OF 100
RUPEES PER PAGE OF A CUSTOMS DECLARATION FORM WHICH I DON’T
SAY IS A BIG AMOUNT BUT THEN IT IS A GESTURE OF GOOD WILL
EXTENDED TO THE EXPORTER TO REDUCE THEIR COSTS. IN ADDITION
TO THE AVOIDANCE OF THE HASSLE OF COMING HERE AND SAVING
TIME IN DOING ALL THIS WORK
4:20

THE SYSTEM FACILITATES ONLINE SUBMISSION OF BLEND SHEETS

AND THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT, ONLINE APPROVAL OF
CUSDEC’S BY THE TEA BOARD AS WELL AS ONLINE REGISTRATION
AND APPROVAL OF CUSDEC’S BY CUSTOMS OR BOI WITHIN MINUTES
OF TEA BOARD APPROVAL.

OUT OF OVER 285 TEA EXPORTERS 70 HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED

WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE TEA BOARD SAYS PLANS ARE BEING LAID
TO ACHIEVE 100% INVOLVEMENT OF THE TEA EXPORT SECTOR.

15:17 HETTIARACHCHI
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A BUREAU IN SOMEWHERE IN
PALIYAGODA OR SOMEWHERE TO HAVE THIS SMALL TIMERS WHO DO
NOT HAVE THE FACILITY AT THE MOMENT TO GO AND LODGE A
CUSDEC THROUGH THAT BUREAU ALSO.****************
15:43, AGAIN WE HAVE SOME OFFICES OUTSIDE COLOMBO. PERHAPS
A POSSIBILITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WE GET THIS FACILIYT
THROUGH BRANCH OFFICES AS WELL16:03
IMAGINE A PERSON WHO IS IN HATTON OR N’ELIYA HAVING TO COME
OVER TO COLOMBO TO LODGE A ENTRY THIS CAN BE AVOIDED IF WE
CAN DO IT ONLINE.
16:13

ENDS.
STOX

TRADING AT THE CSE WAS RELATIVELY DULL TODAY. INTEREST WAS

SEEN ON SELECTIVE COUNTERS WHILE BOTH INDICES ENDED IN THE
RED.

THE DAY’S VOLUMES LIST WAS TOPPED BY BAIRAHA FARMS WHICH

TRADED 2.5 MILLION SHARES. THREE ACRE FARMS WAS NEXT IN
LINE WITH 2.1 MILLION SHARES WHILE CEYLON GLASS FOLLOWED.

BAIRAHA FARMS ALSO PUMPED IN THE MAJOR SHARE TO TURN OVER

OF 39.9 MILLION AND WAS FOLLOWED BY THREE ACRE FARMS AND C
W MACKIE.

NO CROSSINGS TOOK PLACE FOR THE DAY.

CARD 1
THE ASPI ENDED THE DAY 15.91 POINTS DOWN AT 2,625.69 WHILE
THE MILANKA DROPPED BY 15.05 POINTS TO CLOSE THE WEEK AT
3,506.88

TURN OVER FOR THE DAY WAS RECORDED AT 237.1 MILLION RUPEES.

CARD 2
LEADING THE DAY’S GAINERS WERE PARQUET, PARQUET RIGHTS,
THREE ACRE FARMS, FORT LAND AND ALUFAB

CARD 3
WHILE CEYLON GLASS RIGHTS, LANKA CERAMIC, NUWARA ELIYA,
EQUITY AND PEGASUS HOTELS TOPPED THE LOSERS LIST

FOREX RATES
CARD 4
CARD 5
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 16 / 11 / 2007
REPORTER: CHAMINDA
SLUG: TRO – VTR

THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT IT

IS FREEZING THE ASSETS OF THE TAMIL REHABILITATION
ORGANIZATION COMMONLY KNOWN AS TRO.

THE UNITED STATES SAYS THE ACTION WAS TAKEN BECAUSE THEY
HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT, QUOTE “THE TRO ACTS AS A FRONT TO
FACILITATE FUNDRAISING AS WELL AS ARMS AND OTHER
PROCUREMENT FOR THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL ELAM”
UNQUOTE.

THE US EMBASSY IN COLOMBO CALLED A MEDIA BRIEFING THIS

EVENING TO EXPLAIN THE MATTER IN DETAIL.

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Robert Blake
US Ambassador in Sri Lanka

‘US freezes TRO assets’

TRO designated under Executive order 13224

US persons are prohibited from dealing with the designees

SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 16 / 11 / 2007
REPORTER: CHAMINDA
SLUG: TRO EXTRO – DRY

MEANWHILE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA

MAKING A STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT TODAY COMMENDED THE MOVE
TAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES TO FREEZE THE TRO’S ASSETS.

BOGOLLAGAMA SAID THAT BY DOING SO, THE US GOVERNMENT

BECOMES THE FIRST FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO TAKE TANGIBLE
ACTION AGAINST AN LTTE FRONT ORGANIZATION.

CARD IN

HE ALSO SAID YESTERDAY’S ACTION CONSTITUTES A VITAL FURTHER

STEP IN U.S. COOPERATION TOWARDS HELPING END TERRORISM BY
THE LTTE.

BOGGOLLAGAMA ADDED THAT THIS PRECEDENT STEP BY THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH ARE ALSO
INVESTIGATING LTTE FRONT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE TRO.

READ ON

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama speaking on Freezing

TRO Assets in the USA says;

“Yesterday’s action constitutes a vital further step in US

cooperation towards helping end terrorism by the LTTE.”