Sri Lanka, June 1 -- The National Shoora Council (NSC) while welcoming the pledges made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the 17th National War Heroes' Day commemoration that Sri Lanka will not be allowed to suffer another war, that there will not be any space for racist extremism in the country and that the nation belongs equally to all communities, notes however that remembrance of this significant event cannot be limited only to the country's armed forces.
The NSC issuing a media release acknowledged that Sri Lanka's armed forces successfully led the war and defeated at tremendous cost and sacrifice, the LTTE's thirty-year attempt to divide Sri Lanka, but however, added it is also vital that the State must in addition, make a ful...