Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that all countries should share information with each other to effectively face the threat of global terrorism.
“We need the support of international intelligence agencies to deal with global terrorism,” the Prime Minister said. He said the country requires cutting edge technology to deal with this issue." The Premier made these remarks while addressing civil society activists on the current situation in the country at Temple Trees yesterday (01).
The Prime Minister said the Security Forces have succeeded in apprehending those who were involved in the attacks while stressing the importance of taking steps to prevent a recurrence of these type tragic incidents.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said that all parties should get together to bring normalcy to the country following the Easter Sunday attacks that killed over 250 people.
“Our Security Forces and the Police took swift action to unravel key information in connection with the attacks by April 21st evening (Sunday) and much more information will be unearthed in connection with these attacks in the future.
He said he discussed about the situation with the President who was in Singapore, following the attacks.
He believed that religious activities at mosques will resume by next Friday. He also believed that the Masses at Catholic churches will also be held from next Sunday.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said the Education Minister has taken steps to start the next school term by May 6.
The Premier was confident that the tourism industry will recover by August or September after foreign countries lift the travel advisories issued on Sri Lanka following the deadly attacks.
“We faced the scourge of terrorism for over three decades. Now we are facing the challenge of global terrorism, a new form of terrorism,” the Prime Minister said.
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