Saturday, May 05, 2007

London summit on Lanka peace process in July

The newly formed All Party British Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka is planning to hold a summit of the principal stakeholders in the island's peace process at London in July.

Holding a summit was among the three decisions announced by group leader and Labour MP, Keith Vaz, during a debate on the Sri Lankan situation in the House of Commons on May 2.

The group will invite the Sri Lankan government, the LTTE and the Norwegian peace brokers to thrash out the problems bedevilling the peace process. In September, an all-party British delegation will visit Sri Lanka and talk to all the stakeholders including those in the LTTE-held areas. The LTTE's chief negotiator (presumably the political wing leader SP Tamilselvan) will be invited to address the British parliament. More >>

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