External Affairs Minister Briefs US Lawmakers on Sri Lanka's Post-Conflict Progress
ColomboPage | May 17, 2012
Sri Lanka's Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris, who is on the second day of his four-day official visit to the United States has met with several lawmakers in the Capitol Hill Wednesday, and apprised them of the country's progress in post-conflict reconciliation and development, as well as reform measures that are designed to ensure a lasting peace.
Prof. Peiris has met with Representatives Chris Van Hollen (Democrat - Maryland) and Robert Aderholt (Republican - Alabama), both co-chairs of the Sri Lanka caucus in the House, and discussed the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and the measures the government has taken to implement those recommendations, the official website of the government reported Thursday.
Minister Peiris has explained that the government has developed a mechanism for implementation of recommendations accepted by the government, which will be directed out of the office of the Presidential Secretariat.
During the talks, Minister Peiris has also noted that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe had met on Monday to discuss matters related to multi-party participation in a Parliamentary Select Committee proposed to formulate a political solution to the ethnic issue.
Prof. Peiris has also briefed members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, including the committee's Democratic Party ranking member, Rep. Howard Berman (Democrat, California), Steve Chabot (Republican, Ohio), chairman of the committee's Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee, and Rep. Ed Royce (Republican, California), chairman of the committee's Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee.
The Minister has also several others including representatives Heath Shuler (Democrat, North Carolina), Ben Chandler (Democrat, Kentucky), and Jack Kingston (Republican, Georgia).
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Sri Lanka's Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris, who is on the second day of his four-day official visit to the United States has met with several lawmakers in the Capitol Hill Wednesday, and apprised them of the country's progress in post-conflict reconciliation and development, as well as reform measures that are designed to ensure a lasting peace.
Prof. Peiris has met with Representatives Chris Van Hollen (Democrat - Maryland) and Robert Aderholt (Republican - Alabama), both co-chairs of the Sri Lanka caucus in the House, and discussed the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and the measures the government has taken to implement those recommendations, the official website of the government reported Thursday.
Minister Peiris has explained that the government has developed a mechanism for implementation of recommendations accepted by the government, which will be directed out of the office of the Presidential Secretariat.
During the talks, Minister Peiris has also noted that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe had met on Monday to discuss matters related to multi-party participation in a Parliamentary Select Committee proposed to formulate a political solution to the ethnic issue.
Prof. Peiris has also briefed members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, including the committee's Democratic Party ranking member, Rep. Howard Berman (Democrat, California), Steve Chabot (Republican, Ohio), chairman of the committee's Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee, and Rep. Ed Royce (Republican, California), chairman of the committee's Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee.
The Minister has also several others including representatives Heath Shuler (Democrat, North Carolina), Ben Chandler (Democrat, Kentucky), and Jack Kingston (Republican, Georgia)Sri Lanka's Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris, who is on the second day of his four-day official visit to the United States has met with several lawmakers in the Capitol Hill Wednesday, and apprised them of the country's progress in post-conflict reconciliation and development, as well as reform measures that are designed to ensure a lasting peace.
Prof. Peiris has met with Representatives Chris Van Hollen (Democrat - Maryland) and Robert Aderholt (Republican - Alabama), both co-chairs of the Sri Lanka caucus in the House, and discussed the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and the measures the government has taken to implement those recommendations, the official website of the government reported Thursday.
Minister Peiris has explained that the government has developed a mechanism for implementation of recommendations accepted by the government, which will be directed out of the office of the Presidential Secretariat.
During the talks, Minister Peiris has also noted that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe had met on Monday to discuss matters related to multi-party participation in a Parliamentary Select Committee proposed to formulate a political solution to the ethnic issue.
Prof. Peiris has also briefed members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, including the committee's Democratic Party ranking member, Rep. Howard Berman (Democrat, California), Steve Chabot (Republican, Ohio), chairman of the committee's Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee, and Rep. Ed Royce (Republican, California), chairman of the committee's Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee.
The Minister has also several others including representatives Heath Shuler (Democrat, North Carolina), Ben Chandler (Democrat, Kentucky), and Jack Kingston (Republican, Georgia).
