We are always committed to defend our war heroes with dedication - President

Our war heroes fought to defend the Nation and we are always committed to defend them with dedication and we would never back down from that responsibility, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the gathering at the Central Province War Heroes’ felicitation at the Aluvihare temple premises in Matale.

In the face of many hardships, the people contributed to this victory without any differences. They correctly understood that we had launched a proper battle to defeat terrorism. Our mothers and fathers sacrificed their children to the armed forces, police and civil defence corps as never before seen in our history, he added

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