16.9.2008
The
last vehicle of the United Nations left the rebel-held
and entered the cleared area in Vavuniya on Tuesday evening,
days after the Sri Lanka government asked all relief workers
in rebel-held areas to leave for security reasons.
“A
convoy of 10 aid workers reached the Omanthai checkpoint
safely after driving along a road that has been hit by
intensified fighting between the military and the LTTE,”
a spokesman for the UN said.
The
government ordered all aid agencies out of the northern
war zone on September 9 as the military intensifies an
offensive towards rebel-held Kilinochchi.
CP