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| Saturday, 6 December 2003 |
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The Government of Japan reiterates its continued determination to support the peace process in Sri Lanka, and to implement steadily its assistance pledged at the Tokyo Conference, based upon the principles of the Tokyo Declaration. The Tokyo Conference provided the people of Sri Lanka with an unprecedented opportunity to reconstruct and develop their society for the first time after two decades of damages inflicted by the civil war. The Government of Japan reminds all the parties concerned of the importance to maintain the momentum of the donor community to assist Sri Lanka, and urges them to settle the current political crisis swiftly and to resume the peace process expeditiously, so as not to miss this unique opportunity stats Yoriko Kawaguchi Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs in a statement on the current situation in Sri Lanka. His statement adds: The Government of Japan, as one of the co-chairs of the Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka, has been observing with serious apprehension the current political crisis in Colombo, because of which the peace process of Sri Lanka has been in suspension. It notes that efforts have been made through the meetings between President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as well as the discussions in the Committee of Officials. The Government of Japan strongly hopes that these efforts will create further momentum towards the prompt settlement of the current crisis and the early resumption of the peace process. |
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