Religious leaders not divided - Thera

Even though there is a conflict for the past 25 years, our religious leaders belonging to Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity, are not divided along religious lines and they are really working in a very reliable manner, said Secretary General of Amarapura Maha Nikaya Most Venerable Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thera yesterday.

He was addressing a media conference in Colombo with the participation of high level religious dignitaries from seven countries to make the public aware regarding the International Summit of Religious Leaders on Peace in Sri Lanka.

The Thera said Sri Lankans have to bring forward peaceful atmosphere among religions until the country would meet the permanent peace for the on going conflict.

The religious dignitaries have planned to visit Jaffna to take part in a conference and a meeting with political and civil society leaders aiming to pave the way to bring lasting peace for the country.

Attention has also been focused on to find how the country's increasingly violent, conflict can be settled through peaceful means utilising the goodwill of the great world religions. The conference is scheduled to be held at the Public Library Auditorium in Jaffna from December 12 to 13.