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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 12.45 GMT |
Japan offers help for peace building
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Japan is among the first countries to
welcome the defeat of the separatists Tamil
Tigers and the end of hostilities in Sri
Lanka.
Japanese Prime- Minister Taro Aso was told
of the defeat of the LTTE in a telephone
conversation with President Mahinda
Rajapaksa.
The Japanese Prime Minister welcomed the new
developments, the ending of hostilities in
Sri Lanka and expressed readiness to help in
rehabilitation and resettlement work,
together with an improvement in the
political process towards peace building.
The telephone conversation was initiated by
President Rajapaksa after the Sri Lankan
government proclaimed victory over the LTTE,
Monday 18, after three decades of conflict.
Agency reports said the Japanese Prime
Minister had said he would like to see Sri
Lanka build infrastructure, adding that
Japan would support Sri Lanka’s efforts as
much as possible.
Japan is Sri Lanka’s largest aid donor and
the holder of two thirds of the countries
foreign debt.
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