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Some 1600 Tamils are to be recruited to the Police Force working in the North East, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said. During a meeting with Ambassador Yasushi Akashi, Japan’s Special Representative to Sri Lanka in Tokyo, Mr. Rajapaksa said that ‘initiatives have been taken to recruit 1600 Tamil nationals to the Police Force working in the North and East’. Rajapaksa is currently on an official visit to Tokyo.

Quoting Mr. Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan embassy in Tokyo in a statement said that efforts have also been made by the Government to reduce the military presence in the North and Eastern areas.“He also highlighted the fact that within the past year more than 20,000 Tamil expatriates have returned to visit the North East region to see their families and relatives. In the last one month alone more than 5000 expatriates have visited. This is indeed very significant of the fact that many of the Tamil expatriates who left the country at the time of the conflict are now re-visiting with the confidence that there is peace and stability in the country,” it said.

Rajapaksa who is currently on an official visit to Tokyo also met Senior Ministers, Japanese parliamentarians and dignitaries and held discussions on the current development activities and financial and technical assistance extended by Japan.

Discussions were also held on the initiatives taken by the Sri Lankan Government on reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction, following the end of a 30 year conflict with the LTTE and the dawn of peace and development in the country.

Ambassador Akashi stated the Government of Sri Lanka is making a positive initiative towards development in the North and East and in it’s commitment to the people of the region.

He stressed that a government which has been elected by the people of the country holds the right to take forward initiatives and implement suitable action and the processes and courses of action should be left in the hands of the respective country and respective people

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