Australia’s official travel advice had warned people ‘‘do not travel’’ to the former separatist Tamil Tiger strongholds around Jaffna on the island’s north.
But this afternoon the Foreign Affairs department issued a note to say the warning had been updated.
‘‘We advise you to exercise a high degree of caution in Sri Lanka at this time because of the high risk of politically motivated violence,’’ it reads.
‘‘We no longer advise against travel to the northern province of Sri Lanka.’’
The travel advice draws on information — including intelligence assessments — and is said to be under constant review.
The advice is intended to be separate of political considerations and has often proved an irritant in relations with other countries.
The Sydney Morning Herald news paper reports. | 
The Australian Foreign Affairs department has dropped its travel warning for northern Sri Lanka — only days after Australia deported a Tamil asylum seeker to the country.
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The Ministry of External Affairs announced they will monitors activities of Canadian government. Previously Canada announced that they will boycott Commonwealth Heads meeting to be held in SriLanka. [
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Russia decided to donate 8 helicopters to SriLanka. [
Minister Dinesh Gunawardene met Chief Incumbent of the Malwattu Chapters Tibbatuwawe Sumangala thero today. [
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Tamil Genocide attack day commemorated at Queens Burg city in Toronto, Canada. [
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Thousands of Tamil national present at the Mulliwaikal mourning organized by the British Tamil Forum. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [