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US Ambassador visits Batticaloa
[16 Feb 2001]

The United States ambassador for Sri Lanka, Ashley Wills along with other top officials visited the eastern coastal town of Batticaloa on Wednesday.

The US delegation held talks with officers of the Security forces and representatives of political parties in the area .

In his discussions with the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) MP for Batticaloa, Joseph Pararajasekeram, the US Ambassador focused on the LTTE's ceasefire and several other issues of concern to the people of Batticaloa.

The delegation is expected in Colombo tomorrow, embassy sources revealed.

The United States was the first western country to officially declare the LTTE as a terrorist organisation.

 

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