Colombo, July 14 (DPA) The Sri Lankan government held a meeting of its cabinet ministers in the northern region, making it the first such session there since Tamil rebels were defeated last year, officials said Wednesday.
The cabinet, presided over by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, met in the security forces’ headquarters in Kilinochchi, 320 km north of the capital Wednesday.
The area was the de-facto capital of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) when they controlled the region for more than 20 years.
The military defeated the LTTE last May, ending a 26-year civil war.
Cabinet meetings are usually held in the capital, Colombo, but the president decided to hold this one in the north as a symbolic gesture.
