09/29/2011
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Defence.lk
Chairman, Subcommittee on middle East and South Asia, US House of Representative (Congressman) Mr. Steven Joseph Chabot during his one day visit to Jaffna on Wednesday (28) called on Commander Security Force - Jaffna Major Genaral Mahinda Hathurusinghe who briefed about prevailing security situation and other development activities taking place in post - conflict Jaffna.
09/10/2011
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Sunday Observer
The government wants to learn from its past to prevent any future conflict and the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission was formed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to find root causes to the problem, Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya said.
08/05/2011
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Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States Jaliya Wickramasuriya claims that Sri Lanka has strong support in the US congress, with a group of over 30 members. “We have strong support in Congress. We have a Sri Lanka caucus of more than 30 members, and a good many members who have expressed their support to us for defeating the LTTE and launching our redevelopment and reconciliation efforts,” he told the Daily Mirror, from Washington.
08/04/2011
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Daily Mirror
The United States Congressional Committee vote to ban aid to Sri Lanka although still under consideration is far from being passed and implemented,” according to the Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the US Jaliya Wickramasuriya. “The proposed cut is under consideration, but far from resolution. In fact, there’s a good chance that the legislation will never be finalised,” he told the Daily Mirror, from Washington
04/25/2011
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Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A senior US lawmaker on Monday urged Sri Lanka to take concrete action on human rights after a UN panel found credible allegations of war crimes in the bloody 2009 finale to the civil war.
Representative Howard Berman, the top member of President Barack Obama's Democratic Party on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Sri Lanka must "ensure that those involved in violations of human rights are held to account in a transparent and expeditious manner."
12/18/2010
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AFP
Dozens of US lawmakers on Friday urged a global probe into alleged rights violations by Sri Lanka in the last stages of its civil war, saying Colombo's own efforts do not ensure accountability.
10/10/2010
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All Voices
Sri Lanka’s ambassador to the United States, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, recently met with several members of Congress in Washington, D.C., to update them on issues such as economic growth, foreign investment and the reconciliation process, according to a statement by the Sri Lankan embassy.
Wickramasuriya met with Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Rep. Glenn Thompson, D-Pa., Ohio Democrat Rep. Steve Driehaus, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., and North Carolina Republican Rep. Howard Coble.
08/10/2010
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AFP
WASHINGTON — A group of US lawmakers is urging the Obama administration to push for an independent international investigation into alleged war crimes that occurred during Sri Lanka's civil war.