Sri lanka’s new Government on Monday warned that there is a real danger that the lTTE could regroup and wage another war for an independent Tamil homeland, six years after they were militarily defeated. Deputy Foreign Minister Ajith Perera said lTTE’s front organisations operate businesses overseas to generate funds in an attempt to revive the outfit. “Their front organisations operate businesses abroad, they run petrol stations, supermarkets and have shipping companies,” Perera said. “Even though they have been defeated on the ground, there is a real danger of their trying to regroup,” he said.
His comments came after the Sri lankan government pushed the European Union to again blacklist the liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (lTTE). Perera said the EU last week agreed to maintain the ban on the lTTE, despite an earlier European court decision to lift some sanctions.