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Viewing cable 09COLOMBO594, SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S VICTORY PARADE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09COLOMBO594 2009-06-04 11:52 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Colombo
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PP RUEHBI
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ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 041152Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0083
INFO RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 1723
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 8735
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 6969
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RUEHBI/AMCONSUL MUMBAI 6660
RUEHON/AMCONSUL TORONTO 1189
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RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 3579
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
UNCLAS COLOMBO 000594 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INSB 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S VICTORY PARADE 
SPEECH CRITICAL OF WEST 
 
1. (U)  The Government of Sri Lanka's June 3 "National 
Victory Parade" was an elaborately staged tribute to the 
military forces' defeat of the LTTE.  The event featured 
thousands of servicemen parading on Galle Face Green, 
displays of naval and air assets, and folkloric dancers, also 
numbering in the thousands.  Charge and DATT attended. 
 
2. (U)  President Rajapaksa opened his speech in Tamil, as he 
did in Parliament two weeks ago, emphasizing that the war was 
fought against the LTTE not against the Tamil people, that 
Sri Lanka was the motherland of all the country's people, and 
that all Sri Lankans should live as brothers and sisters. 
The president indirectly criticized the previous government 
for supporting the peace process with the LTTE.  He said 
massive redevelopment of the North, equal in effort to what 
was required to defeat the LTTE, was now needed. 
 
3. (U)  The President criticized outside interference by 
foreign nations and praised Sri Lanka's good relations with 
Asian, African, and Arab countries.  He said:  "As a nation 
we have to go very far to make our independence complete. 
Terrorists were able to get the world to bring pressure on 
us, a free and sovereign state.  That was possible because 
the terrorists had the capability to bring pressure on those 
governments.  Therefore, it is necessary to begin a new era 
in foreign relations to safeguard my motherland.  Having won 
the freedom of our motherland, we must next establish our 
freedom and sovereignty internationally.  We have honest, 
close, and friendly relations with our neighboring countries 
in Asia.  We have also been able to build genuine good 
relations with the Arab and African countries.  Those honest 
friends have carried out the greatest responsibility toward 
our freedom and sovereignty in this era.  We value very much 
the assistance we received from all those countries at this 
moment."  Full text of the speech has been e-mailed to the 
desk. 
 
4. (SBU)  A glossy, 115-page, government-published book 
entitled "Chapter Closed: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil 
Eelam" was distributed to attendees at the parade.  It takes 
numerous swipes at Norway, but does not completely spare the 
U.S.  "...the LTTE was successful in hoodwinking important 
individuals in the international community.  U.S. Secretary 
of State Hillary Clinton, showing remarkable disposition to 
disingenuous comment, called for a ceasefire."  The text 
continues: "President Obama said that the situation in Sri 
Lanka was of catastrophic proportion."  Both of these 
quotations are incorrect, and Charge will raise their 
inaccuracies with the Foreign Ministry. 
 
5. (SBU)  COMMENT: Reaction to the speech has been mixed. 
Parts of the speech had a somewhat more conciliatory tone 
towards Sri Lankan Tamils than the President's "victory 
speech" to Parliament two weeks previously, but there were no 
details offered about exactly how a Tamil-Sinhalese 
reconciliation would be achieved.  Many Post contacts in the 
Tamil community said they did not bother to listen to the 
speech, expecting nothing new.  Others contacts worried about 
the anti-Western tone of some portions, wondering what if it 
signaled a new direction of Sri Lankan foreign relations. 
Others expressed hope that the rhetoric and nationalistic 
tributes of the current period of "national celebration" 
would soon be complete, so that post-conflict reconciliation 
and rebuilding could begin. 
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