The United Nations said Tuesday it would begin withdrawing its staff from rebel-held areas this week after a government decision banning foreign aid workers from the area.
Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said the government decided to order all foreign aid workers from the territory under rebel control for their own protection.
"We can't assure the security of these people," Rajapaksa told The Associated Press on Monday. "We are taking precautions."
Rajapaksa said that while U.N. workers would be forced to move out of Tamil Tiger-controlled areas, they would be allowed to return briefly to accompany aid shipments.
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