EXCLUSIVE: Interview with the President of Sri Lanka - Tsunami fails to bring the government and rebels closer

March 12 Global Politician - Soon after the tsunami hit hundreds of journalists from all over the world descended on Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Both these countries face serious challenges of secessionist movements. While rebels in Aceh want a separate nation, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka are demanding interim administration for the areas that are under their control.

The fierce competition between the journalists led them to speculate on the political situation vis-a-vis the magnitude of the disaster that had struck the two beleaguered nations. They soon they started churning out reports saying that the governments and rebels in the tsunami-hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka would start working closely and this could lead to resolution of the conflict.