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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 04.17 GMT |
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Ready to work
together for peace and prosperity – TNA
tells President |
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We are
ready to
work
together
with the
government
to
achieve
peace
and
prosperity
in the
country,
and the
welfare
of then
country
and its
people,
said
representatives
of the
Tamil
National
Alliance
(TNA) at
a
meeting
with
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
at
Temple
Trees
last
evening
(Sept
07).
Seven
members
of the
TNA led
by Mr.
Sampandan
met with
President
Rajapaksa
to
discuss
issued
facing
the
country,
particularly
matters
concerning
the
Internally
Displaced
Persons
in the
north,
and
national
reconciliation.
President
Rajapaksa
informed
the TNA
representatives
that the
Government
had
given
the
highest
priority
to the
early
resettlement
of the
IDPs,
and to
this end
it has
taken
action
to
expedite
the
de-mining
process,
and that
emphasis
had been
given in
government
policy
on the
need to
ensure
the
security
and
welfare
of the
people.
In the
meeting
that
lasted
three
hours
where
the
current
economic,
social
and
political
developments
in the
country
were
discussed,
the
President
apprized
the TNA
delegation
that the
policies
of the
government
would
lead the
resettlement
of IDPs
in the
near
future
giving
the TNA
and all
political
parties
to carry
out
their
democratic
activities
freely,
and that
there
would be
no
opportunity
for the
LTTE or
any
other
terrorist
organization
to
sacrifice
the
people
for
their
narrow
and
sectarian
goals.
The TNA
delegation
was of
the view
that
yesterday’s
discussion
would be
an
initial
step and
that
action
should
be taken
step by
step to
establish
trust
among
peoples
with
further
discussions
of this
nature.
The TNA
delegation
of its
Members
of
Parliament
included
Members
of
Parliament
Mr.
Sampanthan,
Ms.
Thangeshwari,
and
Messrs
Srivashakthi
Anandan,
Mavai
Senathiraja,
Suresh
Premachandran,
and R.
M. Imam.
Ministers
Susil
Premajayantha,
Rishard
Badurdeen,
Senior
Advisor
to the
President
Basil
Rajapaksa,
Secretary
to the
President
Lalith
Weeratunga,
Governor
of the
Northern
Province
P. A.
Chandrasiri
and
officials
of the
Ministry
of
Nation
Building
also
participated
in the
discussions.
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