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The attention of the Ministry of External Affairs has been drawn to a media statement issued by the US Embassy on 28th July expressing concerns on media freedom in Sri Lanka. The statement refers to incidents surrounding the cancellation by the organizers, of a training organized for Jaffna based journalists, funded by the US government through Rights Now Collective for Democracy, which is registered under the Companies Act.

The basis for such training programmes to be funded through the US Embassy is unclear, particularly when the target group has been limited to one geographical region and ethnic group. It is also unfortunate that the Embassy statement chose to ignore the responses provided by the Government following queries raised over the weekend on this issue by US government officials in a spirit of reciprocal engagement, both in Colombo and in Washington D.C.

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Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka and Singapore consolidate strong bilateral ties

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Expansion  of  economic  relations  in  the  atmosphere  of  peace  and  stability  prevailing  in  the  country  was  the  central  focus  of  the  bilateral  discussions  which  took  place  in  Singapore  on Monday 28th July 2014, between  Professor  G.L. Peiris,  Minister  of  External  Affairs,  and  Mr.  K. Shanmugam, Minister of  Foreign  Affairs  and  Law  of  Singapore.  The  Ministers  took  advantage  of  the  opportunity  to  reflect  on  current  developments  in  Sri  Lanka  and  the  region.

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India-SL ties crying out for strategic shift

Sunday, 27th July 2014 Swapan Dasgupta | in Usual Suspects Last week, I visited the beautiful home of local businessman Thirukumar Nadesan in a part of Colombo-7 that is so reminiscent of Kolkata’s Alipore of yore. The ...

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