The government said yesterday it was “unreasonable” for the international community to expect it to complete processes in a post-conflict situation, which have taken other countries in similar situations, many years to a ...
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MINISTER PROF G L PEIRIS TELLS DIPLOMATS: Intl. bodies must adhere to procedure
*Govt committed to dialogue with TNA *PSC will not supersede bilateral talks Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L.Peiris said yesterday that it was unreasonable for the international community to expect a complete re ...
Talks, PSC could go hand in hand – Govt. PC polls in North likely early 2012
External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday said that bilateral talks between the government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on the national issue could take ...
Ambassador refutes claims by India Globe Reporter Goyal
Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya has notified India Globe reporter Raghubir Goyal that statements he recently made during a U.S. Department of State news briefing are drastically incorrect. In a letter to Mr. ...
EMBASSY OF SRI LANKA IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HOSTS ‘BREAKING OF THE FAST’ CEREMONY AS PART OF RAMADAN
Sri Lankan Muslims gathered with diplomats and U.S. State Department officials Wednesday at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C., to celebrate Iftar -- the breaking of the fast -- as part of a ceremony to commemor ...
Jennifer Campbell: Sri Lanka prefers to look forward
Everybody lost in civil war, high commissioner says. ‘We want to move on and catch up.’ By Jennifer Campbell, The Ottawa Citizen August 23, 2011 11:35 PM OTTAWA — Not surprisingly, in the face of NDP members urging the ...
Sri Lanka’s first 24/7 migrant call centre opens
Rasika SOMARATHNA Sri Lanka's first Migration Resources Centre (24/7 call centre) was opened at the premises of Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) head office at Battaramulla yesterday. Minister of Foreign Em ...