Nimesh Herath new UDA Chairman

Low level delegation for June session

The Government will not be sending a high level delegation for the June session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mahishini Colonne said that Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha will be attending the session. Meanwhile, she said the Government is working on the domestic mechanism to investigate alleged human rights abuses said to have taken place during the war. The Government has assured the international community, including the

27 May, 2015

Modi focused on addressing Lankan issue

India’s ruling BJP party says Prime Minister Narendra Modi is focused on addressing the issues faced by Tamils in Sri Lanka. Muralidhar Rao, national general secretary of the BJP, said that during the past one year since coming to power, the BJP?government?under?Modi had also looked at resolving the fishermen issue involving Sri Lanka and India, the New Indian Express reported. ?He was the first PM to visit Jaffna in Northern Lanka. The Prime Minister made efforts personally for the release of

27 May, 2015

Government denies claims China sidelined

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mahishini Colonne The Government, which took office in January this year, today?denied claims that it had decided to sideline China. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mahishini Colonne recalled that after?the new Government took office, President Maithripala Sirisena and Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera had visited China, so no one can say China is being sidelined. “Don’t actions speak for themselves,” the spokesperson said at a weekly press briefing held at the

27 May, 2015