Lankan Embassy to oppose statue

1 November 2010 03:16 am

The Sri Lankan Embassy in Paris, France will oppose the erection of a statue of former political wing leader of the LTTE, S. P. Thamilchelvan in France, the External Affairs Ministry said today.

External Affairs Ministry Director General of Public Communication and Spokesperson Bandula Jayasekara told the Daily Mirror that the Lankan embassy would write to those concerned including the Mayor of La Courneuve, the French town in the northeastern suburbs of Paris where the statue is being erected.

La Courneuve, reportedly home to a large Tamil population, has already laid down the foundation for the statue which is being erected in light of the third death anniversary of Thamilchelvan.

It is reported that Sri Lankans in Germany and France have already written objecting to the erection of a statue of a member of a terrorist organization, to the Mayor of La Courneuve as well as French President Nicole Sarkozy. Thamilchelvan was killed in November, 2007 in Kilinochchi. (DS)