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delegation of British Parliamentarians led by Mr Andrew Love,
MP, Co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka,
Dr Ashok Kumar, MP, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary
Group on India, Mr Andrew George, Lib Dem MP, and Mr Stephen
Hammond, Conservative MP visited Sri Lanka from 29 March to 5
April on the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka.
During their visit they toured the Jaffna peninsula in the
northern province, Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts in the
eastern province and Puttalam in the north western province
where they met with civil society representatives, University
academics, religious dignitaries of all denominations and
government officials.
In Colombo they met with Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama,
Prof Tissa Vitharane, Chairman of the All Party Representative
Committee (APRC), Opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe,
leaders of all political parties, representatives of civil
society groups and the media. |