Sri Lanka
Japan will stand as a major contributor to Sri Lanka in its endeavors to build a solid nation, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi assured her visiting Sri Lankan counterpart Tyronne Fernando at the Japanese Foreign Ministry complex in Tokyo…
Sri Lanka
Colombo (dpa) - Tamil rebels defused more than 10,000 mines and bombs collected from areas controlled by them in northern Sri Lanka as a Norwegian backed peace process made steady progress, media reports said Thursday. The mines and bombs collected…
Sri Lanka
By Chamath Ariyadasa COLOMBO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Chief negotiators from Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels will begin discussions on a political solution to a 19-year ethnic conflict this week, the government's negotiator said on Thursday. Both sides, after…
Sri Lanka
No.: 190/02 The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) conducted the second session of the Sri Lanka Peace Talks at the Rose Garden in Thailand from 31 October to 3 November 2002. The…
Sri Lanka
Following is the official answer to a question taken at the November 5 regular State Department briefing; the answer was posted later in the day: (begin text) US DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman November 5, 2002 Taken Question from November…
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SG/SM/8476 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General is very encouraged by the successful conclusion of the second round of peace talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of…
Sri Lanka
By Scott McDonald COLOMBO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The United States and Britain, which have banned the Tamil Tigers, praised the progress of Sri Lanka's peace talks on Tuesday and said they would participate in an aid conference to rebuild…
Sri Lanka
The U.S.-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force has completed mine removal operations in 123,000 square meters of land in northern Sri Lanka, the State Department reported in a media note November 1. The United States remains fully committed to supporting humanitarian mine…
Sri Lanka
The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) initiated the second session of the peace talks in Thailand with an evaluation of the implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement over the past eight months.…
Sri Lanka
Geneva, 31 October 2002 - The second round of peace talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) is presently taking place in Thailand. The first round of peace talks has given some assurance that…
