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Commonwealth Secretary General Chief Emeka Anyaoku, responding to a
complaint by Posts, Telecommunications and Media Minister Mangala
Samaraweera that a news item and a related editorial in the
February 2000 issue of the Commonwealth Press Union ( CPU) News tarnished the image of Sri Lanka,
stated that necessary follow ups would be instigated to look into the matter with
the Commonwealth Press Union.
Secretary General Anyaoku in a letter to Minister Smaraweera thanked the
Minister for his letter, and for bringing to his attention the response of the Sri
Lankan Government to the news item and the related editorial. He
further stated that he appreciates the reactions of the Government to the
allegations made by the CPU News in respect of democracy and press freedom
in Sri Lanka and stated that he has asked the Director of Information and
Public Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat to follow up the
matter with the Commonwealth Press Union. Chief
Anyaoku has also stated that he had noted the suggestions for sending a
Commonwealth fact finding mission to Sri Lanka, "But given what you
have stated in your letter I feel this would not be necessary".
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