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TGTE Appeals to US Secretary of State Pompeo to Ensure Sri Lanka Does Not Become a Vassal State of China !
- October 28, 2020
- ENGLISH NEWS, TGTE PRESS RELEASES
China recently assured Sri Lanka that it will protect Sri Lanka in international forums including at the UN Human Rights Council.
In a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Prime Minister of Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) urged him to ensure that Sri Lanka does not become a vassal state of China.
China recently assured Sri Lanka that it will protect Sri Lanka in international forums including at the UN Human Rights Council.
The letter further states that:
“We would also like to call your attention to the situation at the port at Hambantota, which has been leased to a Chinese state-owned company. As the 2020 Annual Report from the US Secretary of Defense has noted, China appears to intend military use for this base as a means of power projection into the Indian Ocean.”
”It is our belief that ultimately the best solution for peace, justice, and the security of the region is a referendum for Tamils”
— Visivanathan Rudrakumaran
“As China is notorious both for human rights abuses and wanton environmental destruction, there is rational fear of the consequences of China’s use of this port. This increasing cooperation between China and Sri Lanka threatens to turn Sri Lanka into a Chinese vassal state.”
“We therefore appeal to you to consider using the authority and discretion of your office to address these issues. Specifically, we ask you to raise these accountability issues as well as China’s use of the port at Hambantota on your visit to Sri Lanka.”
“As you are likely aware, an estimated 70,000 people were killed in the last stages of armed conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (“LTTE”). The Panel of Experts appointed by former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon reported credible evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Sri Lankan state and the 2015 report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) noted the systemic crimes were committed primarily by the state of Sri Lanka.”
“It is our belief that ultimately the best solution for peace, justice, and the security of the region is a referendum similar to those in Scotland, Eritrea, and Kosovo. The aspiration to freedom of the Tamil people who inhabit the NorthEastern part of Sri Lanka and the 700 km costal area is just and valid, and the 2009 Mulliviakal genocide and the ongoing efforts to destroy the identity of the Tamil people makes the question urgent as well.”
Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
TGTE
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