{"id":142844,"date":"2015-04-14T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T07:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=142844"},"modified":"2015-04-24T03:05:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T21:35:08","slug":"sri-lanka-must-offer-full-support-to-the-ongoing-un-investigation-david-cameron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-must-offer-full-support-to-the-ongoing-un-investigation-david-cameron\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Must Offer Full Support To The Ongoing UN Investigation: David Cameron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure many people celebrating today will be thinking of loved ones overseas, especially in Sri Lanka. When I met with President Sirisena in Downing Street last month I offered my support for the steps his government has begun to take to address the issues of the past. But I was also clear that the Government must go further and that they must continue to offer full support to the ongoing UN investigation&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=David+Cameron&amp;x=9&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">David Cameron<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_142845\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/David_Cameron_official.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142845\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/David_Cameron_official.jpg\" alt=\"David Cameron\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-142845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Issuing a statement on\u00a0Tamil and Sinhalese New Year the British Prime Minister said; \u00a0\u201cI would like to send my best wishes to everyone in Britain, Sri Lanka and around the world celebrating Aluth Avurudda and to all Tamil communities celebrating Puthandu today. It\u2019s a time when millions of people will be coming together with families, friends and neighbours to celebrate their New Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it is also a time to remember the fantastic contribution Tamil and Sinhalese communities make to Britain. We see it around us, every single day \u2013 in our schools and our hospitals, in the arts and businesses \u2013 you play an incredibly important and positive role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure many people celebrating today will be thinking of loved ones overseas, especially in Sri Lanka. When I met with President Sirisena in Downing Street last month I offered my support for the steps his government has begun to take to address the issues of the past. But I was also clear that the Government must go further and that they must continue to offer full support to the ongoing UN investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that this New Year will bring communities closer together in helping to heal the wounds of the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo everyone celebrating Puthandu and Aluth Avurudda I wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":142845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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