UK lifts travel advisory against Sri Lanka
The UK Government yesterday decided to fully remove
the advice against travel to Sri Lanka just six months after it removed
the travel advisory on the Eastern Province and the Jaffna Peninsula.
The British High Commission in Sri Lanka yesterday
updated the travel advisory removing the advice against travel to four
districts in the Northern Province. British High Commissioner Dr. Peter
Hayes in a release yesterday said the UK Government no longer advises
Britons against travel to any part of Sri Lanka with the removal of
northern part from its travel advisory.
However, he stressed that Britons wishing to travel to
the North should be aware that there remains a risk from mines and
unexploded ordinance and that they need to obtain permission from the
Defence Ministry before they travel.
The change in the advisory follows a security
assessment carried out by a High Commission delegation led by Deputy
High commissioner Mark Gooding that visited the Northern Province in
June.
The UK Government has altered its travel advisory for
Sri Lanka since the war ended in May 2009.
Courtesy : Daily News | 
