Akashi coming again
Chamikara WEERASINGHE
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Yasushi Akashi |
Japan's Special Envoy for Sri Lanka Yasushi Akashi will be in Sri
Lanka for a four-day visit with Director South Asian Affairs of the
Japanese Government Yusuke Shindo. This will be Akashi's 18 th visit to
the island.
Japanese Embassy sources in Colombo yesterday said Akashi, the
representaive of Japan for Peace Building, Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction in Sri Lanka, will be in the country from June 8 to 11
when he will meet with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister
Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka, Foregn Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, Foreign
Secretary Palitha Kohona and other government officials to discuss the
progress of assistance given to the IDPs .
The discussion will focus on the progress of the political process
for national reconciliation as well resettlement of the displaced,
sources said. |
