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“Wickramasuriya had no immediate reaction to the report itself, but said the GSL believed that economic development and resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) would foster reconciliation. As the oldest democracy in Asia, he said Sri Lanka has its own investigatory processes, including administrative sanction against police and soldiers who commit abuses, such as occurred in the 1980s. He said the Army was much more disciplined this time and showed restraint in this final offensive against the LTTE, losing a lot of soldiers as a result.”<\/strong>\u00a0US State Department wrote to US Embassy Colombo.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jaliya<\/a>

Jaliya Wickramasuriya<\/p><\/div>\n

A classified diplomatic cable which details a meeting the US\u00a0Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake<\/span><\/a> and Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Investigations\u00a0Stephen\u00a0Rapp\u00a0\u00a0had with\u00a0Sri Lankan\u00a0Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya<\/span><\/a> on October 21, 2009.\u00a0The\u00a0Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related US diplomatic cable from the\u00a0Secretary of State\u00a0section of the\u00a0WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. The cable was classified as \u201cConfidential\u201d and signed by\u00a0<\/a>Hillary Clinton<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

State department wrote; Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Blake and Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Investigations Rapp met with Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya and DCM Tissa Wijeratne October 21 at the State Department to provide them a copy of the Department of State ‘Report to Congress on Incidents during the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka.’ The report was posted on the Department (S\/WCI) website on October 22.Rapp first asserted Sri Lanka’s right to self defense against a terrorist group. He also stated at the outset that both sides to the conflict are required to respect international humanitarian law. He went on to outline the report, noting that it included reports of the use of human shields and child soldiers by the LTTE, and reports of unlawful attacks on civilians and civilian objects such a hospitals. Rapp next identified specific limitations, such as lack of access to the conflict zone and the inability to corroborate many incidents, which explained why the State Department was not in a position to draw factual or legal conclusions. Rather, the report should be seen as a compilation of credible incidents worthy of investigation by the GSL. He expressed great respect for and confidence in Sri Lanka’s legal institutions and traditions. He said the United States is not calling for international investigations, but is looking to the GSL to identify and implement a credible accountability process. Blake emphasized the importance of the Sri Lankan government engaging Tamil leaders in Sri Lanka on what they would consider to be a credible accountability mechanism.”<\/p>\n

Read the cable below for further details;<\/p>\n

VZCZCXRO7696\r\nPP RUEHBI RUEHCI RUEHNEH\r\nDE RUEHC #9500 2952324\r\nZNY CCCCC ZZH\r\nP 222304Z OCT 09\r\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC\r\nTO RUEHLM\/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO PRIORITY 6155\r\nINFO RUEHRL\/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 4117\r\nRUEHSW\/AMEMBASSY BERN PRIORITY 6730\r\nRUEHBY\/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA PRIORITY 5555\r\nRUEHLO\/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 7346\r\nRUEHNE\/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 7392\r\nRUEHNY\/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 8922\r\nRUEHOT\/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0024\r\nRUEHFR\/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 6834\r\nRUEHRO\/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 2743\r\nRUEHSM\/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM PRIORITY 8316\r\nRUEHTC\/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE PRIORITY 6729\r\nRUEHKO\/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 0976\r\nRUEHCG\/AMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY 9829\r\nRUEHNEH\/AMCONSUL HYDERABAD PRIORITY 0129\r\nRUEHCI\/AMCONSUL KOLKATA PRIORITY 3438\r\nRUEHBI\/AMCONSUL MUMBAI PRIORITY 2869\r\nRUCNDT\/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 8328\r\nRUEHBS\/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY\r\nRUEHGV\/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 9796<\/pre>\n
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 109500 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 10\/22\/2019 \r\nTAGS: PREL PGOV PTER KAWC PHUM CE\r\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA: REPORT TO CONGRESS ON RECENT CONFLICT \r\nHANDED TO SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR \r\n\r\nREF: STATE 109032 \r\n\r\nClassified By: SCA A\/S Robert O. Blake, Jr., reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) \r\n\r\n\u00b61. (SBU) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian \r\nAffairs Blake and Ambassador at Large for War Crimes \r\nInvestigations Rapp met with Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya \r\nWickramasuriya and DCM Tissa Wijeratne October 21 at the \r\nState Department to provide them a copy of the Department of \r\nState \"Report to Congress on Incidents during the Recent \r\nConflict in Sri Lanka.\"  The report was posted on the \r\nDepartment (S\/WCI) website on October 22. \r\n\r\n\u00b62.  (C) Rapp first asserted Sri Lanka's right to self defense \r\nagainst a terrorist group.  He also stated at the outset that \r\nboth sides to the conflict are required to respect \r\ninternational humanitarian law.  He went on to outline the \r\nreport, noting that it included reports of the use of human \r\nshields and child soldiers by the LTTE, and reports of \r\nunlawful attacks on civilians and civilian objects such a \r\nhospitals.  Rapp next identified specific limitations, such \r\nas lack of access to the conflict zone and the inability to \r\ncorroborate many incidents, which explained why the State \r\nDepartment was not in a position to draw factual or legal \r\nconclusions.  Rather, the report should be seen as a \r\ncompilation of credible incidents worthy of investigation by \r\nthe GSL.  He expressed great respect for and confidence in \r\nSri Lanka's legal institutions and traditions.  He said the \r\nUnited States is not calling for international \r\ninvestigations, but is looking to the GSL to identify and \r\nimplement a credible accountability process.  Blake \r\nemphasized the importance of the Sri Lankan government \r\nengaging Tamil leaders in Sri Lanka on what they would \r\nconsider to be a credible accountability mechanism. \r\n\r\n\u00b63.  (C) Wickramasuriya had no immediate reaction to the \r\nreport itself, but said the GSL believed that economic \r\ndevelopment and resettlement of internally displaced persons \r\n(IDPs) would foster reconciliation.  As the oldest democracy \r\nin Asia, he said Sri Lanka has its own investigatory \r\nprocesses, including administrative sanction against police \r\nand soldiers who commit abuses, such as occurred in the \r\n1980s.  He said the Army was much more disciplined this time \r\nand showed restraint in this final offensive against the \r\nLTTE, losing a lot of soldiers as a result. \r\n\r\n\u00b64.  (C) Blake noted recent information the USG had received \r\nthat the GSL was about to embark on an ambitious returns \r\nprocess over the next few weeks.  Wickramasuriya said there \r\nwould be 50,000 releases by the end of the month.  The \r\ngovernment had agreed to allow IDPs who cannot return to \r\ntheir villages -- due to mines or lack of infrastructure -- \r\nto join friends, in addition to joining family members (which \r\nhad not led to many releases).  Some of these releases would \r\nbe to Colombo.  He said 50,000 per month would be the target, \r\nemphasizing that with the ten new excavators the GSL has \r\nacquired, demining is moving very quickly -- he witnessed it \r\nhimself during his recent visit -- and the GSL expects to \r\nhave the majority of inhabited areas demined within six \r\nmonths.  Resettlements would begin within two months to newly \r\ndemined areas.  Wickramasuriya also said that all IDPs now \r\nhave ID cards, and all have been registered, though a \r\nseparate screening process continues for \"strong LTTE \r\ncadres.\"  Blake and Rapp emphasized the importance of the GSL \r\ncommunicating the positive steps it is taking.  (COMMENT:  We \r\nwill need to verify these measures and monitor these releases \r\nclosely to ensure they are genuine.  END COMMENT.) \r\nCLINTON<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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