News: Peiris

08/28/2011 | Reuters
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's foreign minister left on Sunday on a two-week mission to shore up diplomatic support ahead of a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting, where the Indian Ocean nation is expecting
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05/17/2011 | Colombo Page
May 17, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has affirmed its commitment to work towards a genuine national reconciliation and produce a devolution package based on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to create the necessary conditions for such reconciliation.
05/03/2011 | Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : UN report opens old wounds healing after the war, Sri Lanka minister says
04/21/2011 | Government of Sri Lanka
It is fundamentally wrong for the UN to publish the report or take action based on the recommendations by the UN panel of advisors, Minister of External Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris said.
04/05/2011 | BBC
A delegation from Sri Lanka had met the members of the UN Secretary General's Advisory panel on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka says Minister G. L. Pieris
12/21/2010 | AFP
Sri Lanka on Tuesday warned the United States to exercise "circumspection" in diplomatic cables after a message released by WikilLeaks suggested Colombo had colluded with murderous paramilitary groups.
10/20/2010 | AFP
Sri Lanka's foreign minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris rejected "colonial" criticism Tuesday of a government-appointed civil war probe, after foreign rights groups snubbed an invitation to attend.
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10/19/2010 | BBC
Sri Lanka's foreign minister casts doubt on newly released photos that are said to show a massacre of Tamils during the country's civil war.
10/07/2010 | Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka opposition's No-Confidence Motion against External Affairs Minister defeated (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
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07/21/2010 | CRIEnglish
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, who is on a one-day visit to Colombo, paid a courtesy call on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday morning, said the presidential office.