The international community has come forward to assist Sri Lanka in carrying out the operation to crack down on the Islamic extremist group that carried out a series of barbaric attacks on churches and five star hotels on Easter Sunday.
Foreign investigative institutions like Interpol, FBI of the US, Scotland Yard of the UK and Australia's anti terror investigators have already arrived in Sri Lanka to assist local authorities to crack down on the network that carried out the Easter Sunday attacks.
Sources from the Foreign Ministry said that these foreign investigators have arrived in the country to assist local investigators at the expense of their respective governments.
"This is a gesture of pure goodwill since their expertise is being provided to Sri Lanka at no cost to the Sri Lankan government," the source said, adding that it is an indication of the country's standing before the international community and the success of the country's foreign policy.
Responding to the criticism leveled by the 'joint opposition' led by former President, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa that the government had failed to handle the current crisis, the source noted that the country has received unconditional support from the international community at this juncture due to the government's foreign policies and the situation would have been quite the opposite had the Rajapaksa led illegal government was in power at the time of the attacks.
"Had the attacks happened during the 52 day illegal government, the international community that did not recognize the administration would not have come forward to support," the source added.
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