Sri Lanka Vows to Resettle Displaced Tamils within Six Months

The Sri Lankan government has pledged to resettle most of the Tamils who have been displaced due to the recent war with rebels.

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that the resettlement of nearly 300,000 displaced Tamils would be completed within six months and as part of the plan he expressed a hope for a “lasting political settlement.”

For nearly three decades Sri Lanka’s military was involved in a war with the Tamil Tigers, a rebel group that had been fighting to establish an independent state for the minority Tamils. More than 80,000 people were killed during that period, ending when the military made an aggressive push over the past several months to finally eradicate the Tigers.

It was during that final push that hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians were forced to flee their homes as violence spread through their villages. With the end of the war international aid organizations quickly pushed for a relief program for those displaced and on Wednesday Rajapaksa seemingly answered that call.

Rajapaksa had met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and India’s national security advisor and following discussions a joint statement was released saying it was time to, “focus attention on issues of relief, rehabilitation, resettlement and re-conciliation.”

India plays a large role in the resettlement plans as the Sri Lankan Tamils have close ties to the millions of Tamils living in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Sri Lanka has said the process of allowing Tamils to return to their homes could take some time as they continue to fan out the remaining factions of Tigers and rebuild the infrastructure.

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