SRI LANKA DRAWS UP
RE SETTLEMENT PLAN
SIX-MONTHS TIMELINE FOR RETURN OF CIVILIANS
Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rjapaksa on Thursday 21 th may 2009 told the visiting Indian envoys- National security advisor M.K Narayanan and Foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon that the Sri Lankan government had drawn up a plan for re-settlement of 2.8 lakh displaced people in their original places of habitation in the north with in the next six months.
The Lankan president also promised to give a copy of the death Certificate of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam chief Velupillai Prabakaran to enable India close the 18 year- old assassination case of the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The Lankan president to exchange views on the welfare of the civilians currently sheltered in government camps and the process for a political solution to redress the legitimate grievances of Tamils and other minorities in the island nation.
India and Sri Lanka emphasised the urgent need to re settle the internally displaced persons. India envoys told the Sri Lanken president that India was committed to providing all possible assistance in the implementation of such plan in the areas of de-mining , civil infrastructure and re construction of houses. India also emphasised the urgent necessity of arriving at a lasting political settlement in Sri Lanka. The government of Sri Lanka also intends to begin a broder dialogue with all parties, including the Tamil Parties, in new circumstances for further enhancement of political arrangements to bring about lasting peace and reconciliation
Prof John Kurakar
RE SETTLEMENT PLAN
SIX-MONTHS TIMELINE FOR RETURN OF CIVILIANS
Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rjapaksa on Thursday 21 th may 2009 told the visiting Indian envoys- National security advisor M.K Narayanan and Foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon that the Sri Lankan government had drawn up a plan for re-settlement of 2.8 lakh displaced people in their original places of habitation in the north with in the next six months.
The Lankan president also promised to give a copy of the death Certificate of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam chief Velupillai Prabakaran to enable India close the 18 year- old assassination case of the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The Lankan president to exchange views on the welfare of the civilians currently sheltered in government camps and the process for a political solution to redress the legitimate grievances of Tamils and other minorities in the island nation.
India and Sri Lanka emphasised the urgent need to re settle the internally displaced persons. India envoys told the Sri Lanken president that India was committed to providing all possible assistance in the implementation of such plan in the areas of de-mining , civil infrastructure and re construction of houses. India also emphasised the urgent necessity of arriving at a lasting political settlement in Sri Lanka. The government of Sri Lanka also intends to begin a broder dialogue with all parties, including the Tamil Parties, in new circumstances for further enhancement of political arrangements to bring about lasting peace and reconciliation
Prof John Kurakar
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