Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa

Condolence message on the aircraft crash in Indonesia

Sri Lanka is saddened by the crash of a military aircraft carrying armed forces personnel and their families in Medan, Indonesia, which has resulted in the loss of many lives.

In this hour of grief, we express our heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Indonesia, in particular, the families of the deceased. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with all those affected by this tragedy.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Colombo

2 July 2015

ගරු මංගල සමරවීර ඇමතිතුමා විසින් මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා සම්බන්ධයෙන් කරන ලද කරුණු පැහැදිලි කිරීම: 2015 ජුනි 22 දින

Video at: https://www.youtube.com/embed/fAX4OhKeNcE (Approx. 6.54 minutes)

මම කතාව අවසන් කරන්න ඉස්සෙල්ලා තව වචන කීපයක් මේ මාධ්‍ය දැක්ක නිසා මේ වෙලාව සිංහලෙන් කියන්න කැමතියි.

මොකද මං දැක්කා මේ අද උදේ එනකොට, පුවත්පත් බලනකොට, එක්තරා දේශපාලන පක්ෂ නියෝජිතයෙක් මා විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද ඩයස්පෝරා උළෙල සම්බන්ධයෙන් විකෘති වූ අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කරළා තිබුනා, එහි ප්‍රකාශ කරළා තිබුනා, මේ උළෙලට එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව අයිතීන් කවුන්සලයෙන් ඇමරිකන් ඩොලර් මිලියන 3 ½ක් ලැබෙන බවත්, මේක ඊලාම්වාදය යළි වතාවක් ලංකාවට ගෙන ඒමේ වෑයමක් කියලත් පුවත්පත්වල අද ප්‍රකාශයට පත්වෙලා තිබුනා.

Foreign Minister Samaraweera addresses High-Level Seminar in Tokyo

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Address by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, MP., Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka

High-Level Seminar on Peacebuilding, National Reconciliation and Democratisation in Asia

Tokyo, Japan, 20 June 2015

Hon. Fumio Kishida, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan,

Mr. Yasushi Akashi, General Chairman,

Excellencies,

Distinguished guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a pleasure for me to join you here at this High-Level Seminar on Peacebuilding, National Reconciliation and Democratisation in Asia, to share with you, details of Sri Lanka’s experience and our journey towards achieving lasting peace, reconciliation, prosperity and dignity for all our people.

Statement made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, on 24th June 2015 in Response to Nimal Siripala De Silva

Response to Nimal Siripala De Silva

WEDNESDAY 24^TH JUNE 2015

Honorable Speaker,

I wish to answer the questions posed by the Hon. Leader of Opposition, relating to the US State Department Report titled ‘Country Reports on Terrorism and Patterns of Global Terrorism.’

The US State Department released their Counterterrorism Report this June 2015. The report covered the calendar year 2014, during which Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva himself was a cabinet minister in the Rajapaksa administration. It noted that a total of 13 LTTE supporters were arrested in Malaysia in 2014. Like the report that preceded it, covering the calendar year 2013, it mentioned that the LTTE’s network of support continued to operate - shockingly, under the very regime that claimed to have eradicated this threat once and for all.

Statement made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs on 12th June 2015 in Response to the Question by Opposition Leader Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva under the Standing Order 23/2 of Parliament

Honourable Speaker,

I rise to respond to questions raised by the Honourable Leader of Opposition relating to the discussions that took place between the GTF and the TNA in London, and my presence there.

As the House is aware, the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission was appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the 15^th of May 2010.

The Report of the Commission was handed over to President Rajapaksa on the 15^th of November 2011 and it was tabled for the attention of all the Members of this House, on the 16^thof December 2011.