By Prensa Latina
Colombo : The Sri Lankan insurgency asked the UN on Thursday to recognize the sovereignty of the Tamil nation, amid the fierce offensive of the Army in the northern part of the country, the last bastion of the separatist rebels.
The appeal of the Tigers for the Liberation of Tamil Eelam came after the announcement of the government that it broke the rebel defense line, destroyed 35 bunkers and killed dozens of its militants in north Sri Lanka.
In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the chief of the TLTE political wing, B. Nadesan, asked the international community to recognize the Tamil nation ó s sovereignty as a constructive approach to solve the ethnic conflict.
Nadesan also accused Sri Lankan government and forces of riding roughshod over the Tamil rights.
The TLTE have been fighting for over 25 years to create an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka, where most of that Tamil community is settled.
The government informed on Thursday that the Army broke two defense lines of the TLTE near Jaffna in its fierce offensive. Hundreds of soldiers attacked rebel positions in Nagarkovil and Muhamalai, leaving about 30 separatist rebels dead.