17.5.2008
By Asian Tribune Special Correspondent in New Delhi
Sri
Lanka has welcomed India's decision to extend the ban
on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and described
it as New Delhi's policy of not extending support to terrorism.
"This
is in keeping with India's tradition of not endorsing
LTTE's separatism and support for terrorism", officials
in Presidential secretariat were quoted as saying in Colombo.
A
notification extending the ban for another two years on
the LTTE, declaring it as an unlawful association was
issued by the Indian Home Ministry on Wednesday after
factoring in how the turbulence in Sri Lanka is being
exploited by the pro-LTTE forces, in spite of the ban,
causing disquiet and threat to the security of Tamil Nadu.
The
LTTE was responsible for the assassination of former Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991
Courtesy -Asian
Tribune