Post-conflict Sri Lanka and the way forward

We addressed this issue of terrorism both through negotiations and with military engagements. In 1985, we first started talking to the LTTE, formally and structurally, mediated by the Indian Government. We had talks with the LTTE, in Thimpu, in Bhutan. The talks centred round the devolution of power, but the LTTE moved out of this. However, the Government of President Jayawardene, went ahead to implement the Indo- Lanka Accord that introduced the proposals for devolution of power to the periphery from the centre and the creation of the Provincial Councils in our country which got into the Constitution in terms of the 13th Amendment.

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We are all Sri Lankans

The following is an interview with a group of Sri Lankan Diaspora community who are currently in the country to witness the reconstruction process in the North and East and to look into the condition of the IDPs

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