SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER Rohitha Bogollagama has said the recent Amendment proposed to the Department of State Appropriation Bill for the Financial Year 2008, that introduces restrictions on defence cooperation with Sri Lanka on account of alleged human rights violations, was \"unreasonable\" and would ultimately contribute to providing a lifeline to the LTTE. He has pointed out that the proposed US action comes at a time when the LTTE was under considerable pressure - both within Sri Lanka following the clearing of the East, as well as in the U.S., the U.K., France, Canada and Australia, where several of the LTTE leaders are under arrest.
