Sri Lanka President calls for talks with Tigers:
"In return of my trust, I want the LTTE to trust us"
PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapakse, on Sunday called for
immediate talks with the Tamil Tiger rebels to halt spiraling violence
threatening Sri Lanka's four-year-old ceasefire and taking this tropical
island again toward the brink of war.
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Sri Lanka firmly behind Dhanapala for top UN post
SRI LANKA firmly supports Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala's
candidature for the United Nations Secretary General post, President
Mahinda Rajapakse assured. President Rajapakse said Sri Lanka would do
everything possible to ensure Dhanapala's victory.
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Story Solheim arrives today
NORWAY'S Minister of International Development
and Special envoy for Sri Lanka Erik Solheim will arrive in Colombo
with Deputy Director of Norway's Foreign Affairs Nausdal and the
country's Foreign Affairs Advisor Bgovsed today.
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