{"id":42084,"date":"2012-05-19T16:26:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T16:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=42084"},"modified":"2012-05-19T16:34:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T16:34:36","slug":"presidential-secretariat-will-be-used-to-implement-llrc-recommendations-gsl-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/presidential-secretariat-will-be-used-to-implement-llrc-recommendations-gsl-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Secretariat Will Be Used To Implement LLRC Recommendations – GSL To US"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Colombo Telegraph –<\/strong><\/div>\n
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“During their 45-minute meeting, Minister Peiris outlined the mechanism adopted by Sri Lanka\u2019s presidential secretariat that will be used to implement recommendations made by the independent Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), which examined Sri Lanka\u2019s successful conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.” says Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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“During Friday\u2019s meeting, Secretary Clinton called the presidential secretariat\u2019s program an, \u201cexcellent mechanism for implementing the LLRC\u2019s recommendations.\u201d issuing a Press release the Embassy further says.<\/div>\n
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Below we give the full statement;<\/div>\n
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IN MEETING WITH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER PEIRIS, SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON PRAISES SRI LANKA’S<\/strong>\u00a0PLAN TO IMPLEMENT LLRC RECOMMENDATIONS<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Embassy of Sri Lanka, Washington DC<\/p><\/div>\n

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 18,2012) \u2013 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday praised Sri Lanka\u2019s plan to implement post-conflict recommendations made by an independent commission recently, during a meeting with Prof. G.L. Peiris, Sri Lanka\u2019s minister of external affairs.<\/p>\n

During their 45-minute meeting, Minister Peiris outlined the mechanism adopted by Sri Lanka\u2019s presidential secretariat that will be used to implement recommendations made by the independent Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), which examined Sri Lanka\u2019s successful conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.<\/p>\n

The commission issued its final report, and 285 recommendations, late last year. The government at that time announced its intention to adopt many of the recommendations, and several have already been put in place.<\/p>\n

During Friday\u2019s meeting, Secretary Clinton called the presidential secretariat\u2019s program an, \u201cexcellent mechanism for implementing the LLRC\u2019s recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n

That sentiment was later repeated in the State Department\u2019s daily press briefing, where spokeswoman Victoria Nuland stated, \u201cThe Sri Lankan Foreign Minister presented a very serious and comprehensive approach to the Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s implementation and the plan the government has, including plans to make it more public and accessible both to Sri Lankans and to those outside Sri Lanka\u2026She said, \u2018Good plan.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to their meeting, Secretary Clinton stated, \u201c\u201cThe United States strongly supports the process of reconciliation and reconstruction in Sri Lanka,\u201d Secretary Clinton said as the meeting got underway. \u201cWe have very strong, important ties between our two countries. We were encouraged to see the end of a very long, bloody, terrible conflict, and look forward to working with Sri Lanka as they pursue their commitment to a better future for all the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the United States wants to be a supportive partner in those efforts. I\u2019m looking forward to a productive conversation with the minister.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the fourth and final day of his official Washington visit, Minister Peiris noted that he last met with Secretary Clinton in 2010, and that, \u201cDuring the intervening period of two years, a great deal has happened in my country, and by any standard, those developments represent a substantial accomplishment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been able to complete 90 percent of the work connected with the resettlement of the people who were displaced by the conflict, and there is also a very moving story in human terms with regard to the ex-combatants who have all been rehabilitated,\u201d he said. \u201cThis includes 595 child soldiers who \u2013 they have all been reintegrated into society.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most striking developments have really been in the northern province of Sri Lanka where the economy is growing by as much as 22 percent in comparison with the average for the rest of the island, which is about 8 percent\u2026..Of course we are, at the same time, addressing other aspects of reconciliation including land, language, which is a key to the understanding of other cultures, and it is also, as I\u2019m sure you would agree, a very powerful instrument for preventing the stratification of society. We are also addressing, in earnest, constitutional reforms which are appropriate at this stage of the country\u2019s political and social development.\u201d<\/p>\n

The talk with Secretary Clinton capped a day of constructive meetings within the State Department for Minister Peiris. Stops there included sessions with Robert Blake, the assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs and a former U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka, Michael Posner, assistant secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and Stephen Rapp, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice.<\/p>\n

Minister Peiris also held constructive discussions with Ambassador William Wood, a senior advisor to the Office of the Special Advisor for Non Proliferation and Arms Control and with Amos Hochstein, deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Energy Resources, in charge of Iran Sanctions Issues.<\/p>\n

Also present during the discussions were Environment Minister Anura Priyadhashana Yapa, Monitoring MP of External Affairs Ministry Sajin de Vass Gunawardena, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, Sri Lanka\u2019s Ambassador to U.S. Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Additional Secretary \/External Affairs Ministry Kshenuka Senewiratne, and Deputy Chief of Mission Esala Weerakoon of the Sri Lankan embassy in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton<\/p><\/div>\n

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Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris meeting with Robert Blake, the assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs and a former U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n

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Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris meeting with Robert Blake, the assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs and a former U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n

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Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris meeting with Michael Posner, assistant secretary for Democracy, Human Rights<\/p><\/div>\n

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Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris meeting with Ambassador-at-Large, for Global Criminal Justice Stephen Rapp<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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