US delegation visits Jaffna

Sandasen MARASINGHE

A four-member US fact-finding mission visited the Security Forces Headquarters-Jaffna yesterday to get a comprehensive idea of ongoing post conflict development activities in Jaffna.

Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe briefed the Security Forces' involvement in Government's development programs and humanitarian de-mining operations in Jaffna. The delegation headed by Ms. Samantha Power Special Assistant to the US President and Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the US National Security Council was received by Colonel General Staff Security Forces - Jaffna (SF-J) Lieutenant Colonel W. M. G. C. S. B. Wijesundara and accompanied to SF-J Conference Hall.