Posts Tagged ‘national reconciliation’
India pushes Sri Lanka over war probe
[AFP] India on Tuesday encouraged neighbouring Sri Lanka to implement findings of a probe into the island’s bloody civil war as a way to improve ethnic relations after decades of bloodshed. [Full Story]
Read MoreIndia presses Sri Lanka on political reform
[BBC] India’s foreign minister has urged Sri Lanka to move forward with reconciliation and constitutional reform on a trip to the island nation. [Full Story]
Read MoreJapan urges Sri Lanka to probe war crimes
[AFP] Japan, a top aid giver to Sri Lanka, on Wednesday urged the island’s government to probe war crimes allegedly committed while defeating Tamil rebels and pressed Colombo to improve human rights. [Full Story]
Read MoreUS Foreign Policy and Sri Lanka
[Journal of Foreign Relations] After three decades of war, Sri Lanka is still a mess. President Mahinda Rajapaksa could not care less about national reconciliation. Here is a president who did not hesitate to assert his authority at the end of the war. Yet now, he is afraid to be a strong and thoughtful leader,…
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