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Sri Lankas Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara, has said steps will be taken soon to release several tracts of military-occupied land in the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts, including in Vattuvakal and Keppapilavu, though the pledge is hedged with conditions and follows years of unmet promises to displaced Tamil families.
The assurances came just weeks after Jayasekara told parliament that a further 1,661 acres in the North-East would be permanently acquired for military infrastructure and would not be
