Hakeem and Turkey PM discuss post war developments

09 Feb, 2016

Minister of City Planning and Water Supply and SLMC Leader, Rauff Hakeem met the Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davuto?lu and had talks on the post war developments in Sri Lanka.

Hakeem’s media unit said that the?Minister called over at the official residence of the Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davuto?lu for some key government discussions yesterday.

Among other things discussed were strategies to energize resettlement efforts, especially by addressing?the housing needs of the displaced.

They also discussed issues still faced by tsunami-affected internally displaced people in the?North. (Colombo Gazette)

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