{"id":167003,"date":"2016-08-31T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T07:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=167003"},"modified":"2016-08-31T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T07:44:08","slug":"ban-ki-moon-in-sri-lanka-wiggie-may-boycott-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ban-ki-moon-in-sri-lanka-wiggie-may-boycott-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban Ki-moon In Sri Lanka: Wiggie May Boycott Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Province Chief Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=C.V.+Wigneswaran&amp;x=12&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C.V. Wigneswaran<\/span><\/a> is contemplating boycotting a high profile meeting with United Nations Secretary General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ban+Ki-moon&amp;x=8&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ban Ki-moon<\/span><\/a> on grounds that he has been sidelined.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116719\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/C.V.Wigneswaran-e1386942745472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116719\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-116719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/C.V.Wigneswaran-e1386942745472-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"C.V. Wigneswaran - Northern Chief \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-116719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">C.V. Wigneswaran &#8211; Northern Chief<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even though a meeting has been scheduled with Governor of the North Reginald Cooray during Ban\u2019s visit to Sri Lanka, Wigneswaran has not been extended an invitation to the meeting and instead the Tamil National Alliance has told Wigneswaran that if he wishes he could take part as a member of their delegation to meet the UN Secretary General.<\/p>\n<p>As per the schedule released by the UN office in Colombo, the Secretary-General will travel to Jaffna on September 2, where he is also expected to visit a resettlement site.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Secretary General will arrive in Sri Lanka today on a three day visit. 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