President meets Nepali, Colombian, Iranian leaders
President Mahinda Rajapaksa had bilateral talks with the Heads of State of Nepal, Colombia and Iran yesterday, states a Presidential Media Division press release. At these talks, President apprised these Heads of State about the progress achieved in the resettlement of displaced persons, demining work in the North and East, and reconstruction programmes and also about the Local Government elections held in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.
The President also emphasized the massive development projects being implemented in the country.
At the talks held with Nepalese Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said direct air travel will be started between Colombo and Lumbini. He recalled his role in the development of Lumbini as a young Parliamentarian. Both leaders emphasized the significance of strengthening bilateral trade links between Sri Lanka and Nepal.
The Nepalese Prime Minister said Sri Lanka is a shining example of development achieved in South Asia.
Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos Calderon expressed that he was aware of Sri Lanka’s situation. In the context of Colombia’s experience in identical circumstances he noted that Sri Lanka has achieved success in the reconciliation process.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed his appreciation of the able leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa in achieving success in socio-economic development of Sri Lanka. At the bilateral talks, President Rajapaksa thanked the Iranian President for Iran’s cooperation extended to Sri Lanka.
Prof G L Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Palitha Kohona also participated.
Courtesy: Daily News
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Oh my good Tamil for OBAMA mafia team will get upset if they see this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they mite comets suicide?
Not a big deal being seen next to Prez Obama who has turned from a “YES WE CAN” man to a “NO WE CAN’T” President. Mr Obama’s administration has shamefully got its priorities wrong. The issue of Palestinian statehood which Mr Obama personally opposed at the UN is a case in point.
The shameful “star wars” type killing of the so-called Mr Osama Bin Laden did nothing to Mr Obama’s flagelling popularity ratings; the American people are intelligent to see through political intrigue and discern truth from falsehood.
The Obama administration continues to persecute innocent Iraqi’s and Afghans under the pretext of establishing western type democracy. Their pursuit of the Arab Spring is just another terroristic uprising to secure natural wealth.
In terms of self determination, the Obama administration supported South Sudan’s secession in order to gain the upper hand over its natural wealth. And so is USA’s behaviour towards Libya. Legitimate grievances such as that of thePalestinians and Sri Lankan Tamils are confined to bungling bureaucrats of the ilk of Robert Blake. Through its negligence, the US is directly responsible for genocide all over the world including Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Sri Lanka and the list is long.
In terms of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Obama administration has been selective in correctly identifying the Sudanese Leader, Omara Bashir, as a war criminal, proven by the ICC. However they have turned a blind eye towards atrocities of other world leaders including George Bush, Mohammed Ahmedinajad and Mahinda Rajapaksa.
To President “NO, WE CAN’T” Obama, 300 million Americans are bound to wish him Goodbye at the end of his 4 years.
“Tamils for Obama” (means Tamil terrorists in America) are now trying to get rid of Obama after Obama failed to fulfil Tamil terrorists’s cheap targets of manipulating a US president using few million dollars.
Now they are planning to manipulate Obama’s opposition candidate. We’ll wait and see which American politician can be bought easily by Tamil terrorists.