President invites Ban Ki-moon
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited the UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon to Sri Lanka to see for himself the situation regarding the
action for the accommodation and treatment of Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) who have recently come to Government controlled areas in
such large numbers, and plans for their resettlement.
In the invitation made during the course of a telephone conversation
between the President and the UN Secretary General on the evening of May
5, the President has also told the UN Secretary General that he would
then be able to make a better assessment of the conditions faced by the
Tamil civilians still held hostage by the LTTE in a small stretch of the
Civilian Safety Zone.
There could also be a better understanding of the cooperation between
the Government and the United Nations and its relief organisations and
well as with Sri Lankan and foreign NGOs, in these temporary transit
locations for the IDPs. No date for the UNSG’s visit has been agreed on.
The telephone conversation was initiated by Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
On Tuesday (05) morning, President Rajapaksa told a group of visiting
cross-party Members of Parliament from the UK, not to be misled by the
increased false propaganda of the LTTE but to see for themselves the
actual situation prevailing regaring the IDPs by visiting Vavuniya, and
to better understand the nature of the LTTE and its commitment to
violence and terror to achieve its goals. (PRIU)
|