Sri Lanka asks EU to help stop LTTE funding

July 20, 2013 16:08

Sri Lanka today asked for sustained vigilance on the part of the European Union to stop funding of the LTTE by the outfit's front organisations.

Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister GL Peiris stressed on the issue during talks with a six-member EU parliamentarian team which is on a tour of the country, the ministry said.

Peiris was referring to Europol's Terrorist Situation and Trend Report this year, which said the LTTE is still considered active and is benefiting from support in countries with a significant diaspora.

The LTTE was banned as a terrorist outfit by the EU in 2007.

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