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2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 07 JULY 2010
PROTEST DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE UN OFFICE IN COLOMBO - 06 JULY 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 25 JUNE 2010
SRI LANKA HAS LESSON TO WORLD ON DEFEATING TERROR - PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA - 18 JUNE 2010
AMBASSADOR INVITES INTERNATIONAL CLUB DC MEMBERS ON SIGNATURE TOUR OF SRI LANKA -
15 JUNE 2010
JOINT DECLARATION ISSUED FOLLOWING THE STATE VISIT OF H. E. PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA TO INDIA - 09 JUNE 2010
LESSONS LEARNT COMMISSION COMMENCED WORK FROM KADIRGAMAR INSTITUTE - 05 JUNE 2010
SRI LANKA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC COMMEMORATES VESAK WITH A DANA - 04 JUNE 2010
SRI LANKA EMBASSY IN USA HERALDS FIRST ICC CRICKET MATCH IN AMERICA FEATURING SRI LANKAN NATIONAL TEAM - 01 JUNE 2010
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER PEIRIS CAPS OFF SUCCESSFUL U.S. DIPLOMATIC VISIT BY MEETING WITH THE WASHINGTON AREA SRI LANKAN COMMUNITY - 31 MAY 2010
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT, OPTIMISM FOR SRI LANKA -
28 MAY 2010
MINISTER PEIRIS CONTINUES HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON - 28 MAY 2010
SRI LANKAN MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS URGES A “BROADER, DEEPER RELATIONSHIP” BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SRI LANKA - 27 MAY 2010
U.S. LIFTS SRI LANKA TRAVEL WARNING - 26 MAY 2010
SRI LANKA MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ADDRESSES LEADING THINK TANK IN WASHINGTON -
25 MAY 2010
SRI LANKANS IN WASHINGTON PRESENT AN OUTSTANDING EVENT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER AND GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTRE - 20 MAY 2010
SRI LANKA’S U.S. EMBASSY SPEARHEADS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR MEETING WITH U.S. BUSINESS LEADERS - 15 MAY 2010
EMBASSY OF SRI LANKA IN USA HOSTS ASIA SOCIETY DISCUSSION WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AND AMBASSADOR - 15 MAY 2010
GOVERNMENT ACTION TO HEAL WOUNDS OF CONFLICT SITUATION -- PRESIDENT TELLS DIPLOMATS -
10 MAY 2010
SRI LANKAN EMBASSY CELEBRATES ASIAN-PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH “PASSPORT DC” OPEN HOUSE - 10 MAY 2010
FLOWER MART 2010 - 10 MAY 2010
GALA DINNER WITH THE SRI LANKAN CRICKET TEAM - 07 MAY 2010
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CONGRATULATES PROF G.L. PEIRIS - MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS -
06 MAY 2010
NEW MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, PROF. G. L. PEIRIS ASSUMES DUTIES - 03 MAY 2010
BUILD NEW STRUCTURES TO ACHIEVE FULL POTENTIAL OF SAARC -- PRESIDENT - 28 APRIL 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 28 APRIL 2010
AN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER/ AUTHOR PRESENTS A BOOK ON ESALA PERAHERA - 28 APRIL 2010
SRI LANKA’S AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. HOSTS OFFICIAL RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE THE 2010 SINHALA-TAMIL NEW YEAR - 27 APRIL 2010
EMBASSY TO PARTICIPATE IN “PASSPORT DC” 2010 - 26 APRIL 2010
THE NEW DEPUTY MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ASSUMES DUTIES - 26 APRIL 2010
NEW MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS BRIEFS THE MEDIA ON THE 16TH SAARC SUMMIT - 25 APRIL 2010
SRI LANKA’S AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. DISCUSSES STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH YALE UNIVERSITY - 23 APRIL 2010
SRI LANKA NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM TO PLAYAGAINST NEW ZEALAND IN HISTORIC SERIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA, USA - 23 APRIL 2010
14TH PARLIAMENT CONVENES - 22 APRIL 2010
SRI LANKA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER IS D. M JAYARATNE - 21 APRIL 2010
PRESIDENT GREETS AMITABH BACHCHAN - 21 APRIL 2010
NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES SHOULD FURTHER UNITE HEARTS AND MINDS - 13 APRIL 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 13 APRIL 2010
SINHALA AND TAMIL NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM HON. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SECRETARY OF STATE - 12 APRIL 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 06 APRIL 2010
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC RANKS SRI LANKA AS A TOP TRAVEL DESTINATION FOR 2010 - 22 MARCH 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 22 MARCH 2010
SRI LANKA STOCKS HIT RECORD HIGH AS TOURISM REBOUND CONTINUES - 10 MARCH 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 10 MARCH 2010
EMBASSY PROMOTES SRI LANKAN CULINARY ARTS IN THE US: SRI LANKAN CUISINE ENTICES TOP BUSINESS EXECUTIVES IN NEW YORK - 09 MARH 2010
CONFIDENCE AND HOPE FOR INDO-LANKA BI-LATERAL RELATIONS -- NIRUPAMA RAO - 07 MARCH 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 02 MARCH 2010
SRI LANKAN EMBASSY AND WORLD
BANK SPICE UP THE BANK'S RESTAURANTS WITH A SRI LANKAN
FOOD FESTIVAL - 26 FEBRUARY 2010
SRI LANKA STRONGLY PROTESTS BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY’S PARTICIPATION AT MEETING OF GLOBAL TAMIL FORUM, AN LTTE FRONT ORGANIZATION - 24 FEBRUARY 2010
SRI LANKA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC CELEBRATES
SRI LANKA’S 62 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE -
22 FEBRUARY 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 11 FEBRUARY 2010
PRESIDENT OBAMA VOWS TO CONTINUE
LONG LASTING RELATIONS WITH SRI LANKA - 05 FEBRUARY 2010
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA ON THE 62ND ANNIVERSARY
OF INDEPENDENCE -
04 FEBRUARY 2010
CELEBRATES SRI LANKA’S 62ND INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH
RELIGIOUS CEREMONY - 04 FEBRUARY 2010
H.E.
THE PRESIDENT’S INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE - 04 FEBRUARY
2010
HON.
PRIME MINISTER’S INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE - 04 FEBRUARY
2010
HON.
FOREIGN MINISTER’S INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE - 04 FEBRUARY
2010
STATEMENT
FOLLOWING THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA OF
SRI LANKA TO A SECOND TERM - 28 JANUARY 2010
MAHINDA
RAJAPAKSA WINS 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - 27 JANUARY 2010
FOREIGN
MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION -
27 JANUARY 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 27 JANUARY 2010
SRI
LANKAN PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA CALLS FOR DEMOCRATIC
AND PEACEFUL POLL -
25 JANUARY 2009
GOVERNMENT
OF SRI LANKA ISSUES STATEMENT ON PEACEFUL, FREE AND DEMOCRATIC
ELECTION -
25 JANUARY 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 22 JANUARY 2010
IMF
UPGRADES SRI LANKA’S STATUS TO MIDDLE INCOME EMERGING
MARKET - 21 JANUARY 2010
THAI
PONGAL CELEBRATIONS IN THE SRI LANKA EMBASSY, WASHINGTON
DC - 20 JANUARY 2010
NEW
YORK TIMES RANKS SRI LANKANO. 1 TRAVEL DESTINATION FOR2010;
DAILY CANDY WEBSITE PROCLAIMS SRI LANKA, “PRETTY MUCH
THE BEST PLACE WE’VE EVER BEEN.” - 15 JANUARY
2010
THAI
PONGAL CELEBRATION IN ALL PARTS OF SL EMPHASIZE OUR SOCIETY'SPLURALITY
-- PRESIDENT -
13 JANURY 2010
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 08 JANUARY 2010
RAPID
PROGRESS & DEVELOPMENT IS THE CHERISHED GOAL FOR THE
NEW YEAR -- PRESIDENT -
01 JANUARY 2010
THE
NEW YEAR MESSAGE OF HON. PRIME MINISTER (SINHALA) - 01 JANUARY
2010
THE
NEW YEAR MESSAGE OF HON. PRIME MINISTER (TAMIL) - 01 JANUARY
2010
THE
NEW YEAR MESSAGE OF HON. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - 01
JANUARY 2010
2009
AMBASSADOR
WICKRAMASURIYA THANKS AND APPRECIATES SUPPORT OF THE SRI
LANKAN COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES DURING 2009 - 31 DECEMBER
2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 29 DECEMBER 2009
SRI
LANKAN EXPATRIATES CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS AT EMBASSY OF SRI
LANKA IN WASHINGTON -
11 DECEMBER 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 11 DECEMBER 2009
SRI
LANKA AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES DISCUSSES POST-CONFLICT
RECONCILIATION, REDEVELOPMENTON AT AN INTERVIEW WITH WUST,
1150 AM, WASHINGTON DC - 06 DECEMBER 2009
MINISTER
BOGOLLAGAMA BRIEFS BRITISH PARLIAMENTARIANS ON THE DEVELOPMENTS
IN SRI LANKA AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS - 01 DECEMBER 2009
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA SPEAKS TO DAILY MIRROR - 01 DECEMBER
2009
FINANCING
AGENCIES SHOULD LEND TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ON CONCESSIONAL
TERMS: FOREIGN MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA - 25 NOVEMBER 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 23 NOVEMBER 2009
FREEDOM
OF MOVEMENT FOR ALL IDPS FROM DECEMBER - 21 NOVEMBER 2009
U.S.
RELAXES SRI LANKA TRAVEL ADVISORY - 20 NOVEMBER 2009
SRI
LANKAN COMMUNITY IN GEORGIA EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR EMBASSY
OUTREACH PROGRAM -17 NOVEMBER 2009
'WE
WILL SURPRISE THE WORLD WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT’- PRESIDENT
- 15 NOVEMBER 2009
ADDRESS
BY HON. ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AT THE SRI LANKA EXPATRIATE FORUM 2009 ON 14TH NOVEMBER
2009 AT THE PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT -
14 NOVEMBER 2009
AMBASSADOR
HONORS RU FREEMAN, SRI LANKAN - AMERICAN AUTHOR, ACTIVIST
- 11 NOVEMBER 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 05 NOVEMBER 2009
ADDRESS
TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS BY HON. ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA, MINISTER
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - 05 NOVEMBER 2009
SRI
LANKAN CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF DEPARTS UNITED STATES, AMBASSADOR THANKS
U.S. DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND HOMELAND SECURITY FOR ASSISTANCE
AND UNDERSTANDING -
04 NOVEMBER 2009
MEDIA
RELEASE - 04 NOVEMBER 2009
“COMMUNITY
OUTREACH PROGRAMME” - 03 NOVEMBER 2009
SRI
LANKA'S IDP CENTER POPULATION DROPS DRAMATICALLY IN OCTOBER
AS RESETTLEMENTS CONTINUE - 29 OCTOBER 2009
U.S.
EMBASSY STATEMENT ON IDP RETURNS - 28 OCTOBER 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 26 OCTOBER 2009
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA EXPRESSES SRI LANKA’S APPRECIATION
TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR ITS UNSTINTED SUPPORT DURING
SRI LANKA’S FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM -
26 OCTOBER 2009
JOINT
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED ON THE OCCASION OF THE STATE
VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA, PRESIDENT OF
THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA TO THE SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM FROM 22ND TO 24TH OCTOBER 2009 - 24
OCTOBER 2009
RESETTLEMENT
DEEP IN TIGER TERRAIN TOO - 23 OCTOBER 2009
REPORT
TO THE US CONGRESS ON SRI LANKA - 22 OCTOBER 2009
NAVY
COMMANDER VICE ADMIRAL THISARA SAMARASINGHE ADDRESSES THE
HISTORIC 19TH INTERNATIONAL SEA POWER SYMPOSIUM IN RHODE
ISLAND, US - 15 OCTOBER 2009
SRI
LANKAN, U.S. OFFICIALS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDE TRADE TALKS
- 15 OCTOBER 2009
MEETING
OF EXPATRIATE SRI LANKANS IN COLOMBO - 15 OCTOBER 2009
U.S.
BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES TOUR PORT CITY WITH
SRI LANKAN OFFICIALS -
14 OCTOBER 2009
U.S.,
SRI LANKA BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENTS MEET TO EXPAND “PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP” -
13 OCTOBER 2009
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA INVITES THE TAMILS IN THE USA TO VISIT
SRI LANKA -
09 OCTOBER 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 06 OCTOBER 2009
STATEMENT
ON WOMEN & PEACE & SECURITY BY AMBASSADOR PALITHA
KOHONA PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SRI LANKA TO THE UNITED
NATIONS - 05 OCTOBER 2009
HIDDEN
LTTE CADRES THREATEN IDPS AND ALL OF SRI LANKA - MINISTER
OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT & HUMAN RIGHTS TO UNCHR - 29
SEPTEMBER 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 28 SEPTEMBER 2009
ADDRESS
BY HONOURABLE RATNASIRI WICKRAMANAYAKA, PRIME MINISTER AT
THE SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- 26 SEPTEMBER 2009
'RESURGENCE
OF LTTE MUST BE PREVENTED'- PRIME MINISTER TO ASIA SOCIETY
- 25 SEPTEMBER 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 21 SEPTEMBER 2009
PRIME
MINISTER TO LEAD DELEGATION TO NEW YORK - 20 SEPTEMBER 2009
YOU
HAVE BETTER STORY THAN IS GETTING OUT TODAY - UNITED NATIONS
UNDER SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS TO PRESIDENT
- 18 SEPTEMBER 2009
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. HOST TRADITIONAL IFTHAR
FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR - 17 SEPTEMBER 2009
AMBASSADOR
OF SRI LANKA IN WASHINGTON CONTINUES DIASPORA OUT REACH
WITH RECONCILIATION TRIP TO THE WESTERN UNITED STATES -
14 SEPTEMBER 2009
SRI
LANKA TO PRESENT REHABILITATION, RESETTLEMENT AND RECONCILIATION
PLANS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - 14 SEPTEMBER 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE - 14 SEPTEMBER 2009
GOVERNMENT
RELEASE 9900 IDPS TO THEIR HOMETOWNS - 11 SEPTEMBER 2009
“THE
WEST HAS TO HELP SRI LANKA INSTEAD OF BEING CRITICAL”
- PRESIDENT TO LE FIGARO - 10 SEPTEMBER 2009
SPEECH
MADE BY HON ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA, M. P., MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS IN PARLIAMENT -
10 SEPTEMBER 2009
CONSOLIDATED
RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA TO THE TELECAST
BY CHANNEL 4 NEWS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ON 25 AUGUST 2009
OF A VIDEO OF SUPPOSED EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IN SRI
LANKA - 09 SEPTEMBER 2009
THE
CHANNEL 4 CANARD - 08 SEPTEMBER 2009
SRI
LANKAN EXPATRIATES IN BOSTON EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA’S EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE TERRORISM, REBUILD
THE NATION - 03 SEPTEMBER 2009
STATEMENT
BY FOREIGN MINISTER ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA: CHANNEL 4 UK TELEVISION
PROGRAMME - 03 SEPTEMBER 2009
“LTTE
LOST THE WAR, AND NOW THE PRO-LTTE DIASPORA IS TRYING TO
DEFEAT THE PEACE” -- SAYS SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR AT
THE HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY INSTITUTE OF THE GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY - 01 SEPTEMBER 2009
GOVERNMENT
EXPRESSES REGRET OVER THE CRITICISM ON TISSAINAYAGAM VERDICT
-
01 SEPTEMBER 2009
THE
GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA DEEPLY REGRETS COMMENTS MADE BY
NORWEGIAN MINISTER ERIK SOLHEIM - 29 AUGUST 2009
MR.
ROMESH JAYASINGHE, THE NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY - 28 AUGUST
2009
THE
GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA REJECTS CHANNEL 4 STORY AS CONCOCTED
- 26 AUGUST 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA, NATIONAL ZOO CELEBRATE ASIAN ELEPHANT DAY
- 24 AUGUST 2009
GOVT’S
GOAL RESETTLEMENT OF IDPS IN ORIGINAL AREAS OF RESIDENTS
- MINISTER MAHINDA SAMARASINGHE - 21 AUGUST 2009
RESETTLEMENT
OF DISPLACED CIVILIANS ACCELERATES IN SRI LANKA - 19 AUGUST
2009
MORE
THAN 15,000 IDPS TO BE RESETTLED - 18 AUGUST 2009
CELEBRATE
ASIAN ELEPHANTS! - 14 AUGUST 2009
EXTEND
THE FACILITY OF DUAL CITIZENSHIP STATUS FOR EX-SRI LANKANS
HOLDING FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP - 14 AUGUST 2009
"MAKE
SRI LANKA YOUR NEXT BUSINESS STOP" - 13 AUGUST 2009
NEWLY-CONFIRMED
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SRI LANKA PAYS VISIT TO AMBASSADOR JALIYA
WICKRAMASURIYA - 12 AUGUST 2009
SRI
LANKA’S AMBASSADOR MEETS KEY SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
CHAIRMAN - 07 AUGUST 2009
KUMARAN
PADMANADAN ALIAS KP ARRESTED - 07 AUGUST 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA IN WASHINGTON DC HOSTS “PEACE FORUM –
A NEW VISION FOR PEACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY” WITH UNIVERSAL
PEACE FEDERATION - 06 AUGUST 2009
RESETTLEMENT
OF VAVUNIYA IDPS COMMENCES - 05 AUGUST 2009
SRI
LANKA: UN SUPPORTS ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN FOR DISPLACED CHILDREN
- 03 AUGUST 2009
SRI
LANKA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS: LANKA TRADE MISSION COMPLETES
SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO UNITED STATES - 31 JULY 2009
HIS
HIGHNESS SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL-KHALIFA, THE PRIME
MINISTER OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN ASSURES SUPPORT TO “REBUILD”
SRI LANKA - 29 JULY 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA HOSTS “DELIGHTFUL EVENING OF SRI LANKAN
CULTURE” WITH INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF DC - 28 JULY 2009
VISITING
U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWARTZ MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
BOGOLLAGAMA -
27 JULY 2009
US
ASSURES COOPERATION FOR IDP WELFARE - 27 JULY 2009
IMF
APPROVES USD 2.6 BILLION STAND-BY ARRANGEMENT FACILITY FOR
SRI LANKA - 27 JULY 2009
SRI
LANKAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS VISIT SRI LANKAN EMBASSY - 23
JULY 2009
SRI
LANKANS IN GREATER WASHINGTON AREA CONTRIBUTE FOR API WENUWEN
API FUND - 22 JULY 2009
A-9
HIGHWAY REOPENS TO PUBLIC - 22 JULY 2009
AMBASSADOR
OF SRI LANKA DISCUSSES POST-CONFLICT ISSUES WITH US DEFENSE
OFFICIALS -
18 JULY 2009
PRESIDENT
WHO WON THE WAR CAN ALSO WIN THE PEACE -- INDIAN PRIME MINISTER
DR MANMOHAN SINGH - 17 JULY 2009
AMBASSADOR
OUTLINES SRI LANKA'S PLAN FOR LASTING PEACE - 16 JULY 2009
SRI
LANKA NOW LOOKS TO FUTURE WITH RENEWED HOPE AND ENTHUSIASM
-- PRESIDENT AT NAM -
15 JULY 2009
DONATIONS
FOR THE RELIEF AND RESETTLEMENT OPERATIONS FOR IDPs AN INVITATION
- 14 JULY 2009
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA GAVE PRACTICAL SCOPE AND DEPTH TO NON-ALIGNMENT
-- MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA - 14 JULY 2009
CHILDREN’S
RIGHTS GENERATE OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT MUST
BE RESPECTED AND HONOURED BY ALL SAYS PRIME MINISTER WICKRAMANAYAKA
- 10 JULY 2009
LTTE
PRESSURED US TO GIVE FALSE REPORTS OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
-- NORTHERN DOCTORS - 09JULY 2009
CHINA
EXIM BANK ASSURES ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA IN THE RECONSTRUCTION
PHASE - 07 JULY 2009
RESETTLEMENT
& RECONCILIATION MY PRIORITIES -- PRESIDENT ON IDPS
- 05 JULY 2009
HISTORIC
UNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONCILIATION - 02 JULY 2009
SENIOR
ADVISOR TO H.E. THE PRESIDENT BASIL RAJAPAKSA, MP IS ON
A GOODWILL VISIT TO INDONESIA - 02 JULY 2009
GOVERNMENT
HAS DONE BEST TO IDPS -- JAPANESE ENVOY FOR PEACE BUILDING,
REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION - 01 JULY 2009
SRI
LANKAN TRADE MINISTER PREDICTS INVESTMENT GROWTH DURING
U.S. VISIT - 29 JUNE 2009
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF STATE CALLS FOR RESETTLEMENT, ELECTIONS AFTER
"IMPORTANT" VICTORY OVER LTTE - 25 JUNE 2009
WE
HAVE ENDED NEED FOR TRAVEL ADVISORIES THAT CRIPPLED TOURISM
- PRESIDENT - 23 JUNE 2009
WASHINGTON
BUDDHIST VIHARA PAYS TRIBUTE TO WAR HEROES - 22 JUNE 2009
SRI
LANKA AND MALDIVES AGREE ON INTELLIGENCE SHARING - 19 JUNE
2009
AMBASSADOR
STATES THAT PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS HAS LONG BEEN AN ESSENTIAL
VALUE IN SRI LANKAN CULTURE - 16 JUNE 2009
PRIORITY
IS TO REHABILITATE IDPS -- PRESIDENT TELLS MYANMAR LEADER
- 16 JUNE 2009
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA PAYS COURTESY CALL ON CHAIRMAN OF MYANMAR - 14
JUNE 2009
SRI
LANKA MAINTAIN WINNING WAYS - 12 JUNE 2009
EMBASSY
LAUNCHES TAMIL CLASSES FOR ITS STAFF - 10 JUNE 2009
FOUR
PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO
THE LTTE, A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION - 09 JUNE 2009
COMMONWEALTH
SECRETARY GENERAL CONGRATULATES SRI LANKA ON DEFEATING LTTE
-
06 JUNE 2009
YAL
DEVI - BENEFIT SHOW - 05 JUNE 2009
NEW
ERA IN FOREIGN RELATIONS TO SAFEGUARD MOTHERLAND -- H.E.
THE PRESIDENT - 03 JUNE 2009
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA SPEAKS TO DERANA TV - 02 JUNE 2009
UN
SCALING UP EFFORTS TO FACILITATE RETURN HOME OF DISPLACED
SRI LANKANS - 02 JUNE 2009
SRI
LANKAN FORCES PROTECTED CIVILIAN LIVES DURING COUNTER-TERRORISM
OPERATIONS -
31 MAY 2009
US
CONGRESSMAN SHULER HOPES FOR GREATER US ENGAGEMENT WITH
SRI LANKA - 29 MAY 2009
STATEMENT
MADE BY CONGRESSMAN HEATH SHULER - 29 MAY 2009
CONDITIONS
OF THE IDP CENTRES ARE GOOD AND IMPRESSIVE -- US CONGRESS
DELEGATES -
28 MAY 2009
FOREIGN
MINISTER HAILS VICTORY AT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - 28 MAY
2009
SRI
LANKA CARRIES IT WITH BIG MAJORITY - 28 MAY 2009
AMBASSADOR
THANKS SRI LANKANS FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN FIGHT FOR UNITY,
CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION - 24 MAY 2009
JOINT
STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA AND THE UN AT THE
CONCLUSION OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VISIT TO SRI
LANKA - 23 MAY 2009
SRI
LANKA’S AMBASSADOR TO U.S. MEETS WITH TOP SENATE LEADER
- 22 MAY 2009
INDIA
AND SRI LANKA AGREE ON IDP TIMETABLE, POLITICAL SOLUTION
- 22 MAY 2009
U.S.
OFFICIALS CONGRATULATE SRI LANKA ON VICTORY OVER LTTE -
20 MAY 2009
A
TERRORIST DEFEAT - WALL STREET JOURNAL - 20 MAY 2009
"WE
SHOULD LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY AS CHILDREN OF ONE MOTHER"-
PRESIDENT - 19 MAY 2009
HIS
EXCELLENCY MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA WAS TOLD TASK ACCOMPLISHED
- 18 MAY 2009
STATEMENT
OF JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA, SRI LANKA AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
STATES - 17 MAY 2009
LATEST
FOOTAGE OF THE ON GOING HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERTIONS - 16 MAY
2009
PRESIDENTIAL
TASK FORCE ON NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT - 14 MAY 2009
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA EXPLAINS THE CURRENT SITUATION - 13
MAY 2009
GOVERNMENT
OF SRI LANKA DENIES REPORTS OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CAUSED
BY ARMED FORCES FIRE - 11 MAY 2009
VESAK
DAY AT THE SRI LANKA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC - 09 MAY 2009
SRI
LANKA’S AMBASSADOR NOTES PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA’S
ELECTORAL POPULARITY AND THE END OF TERRORISM - 07 MAY 2009
FRIENDLY
COUNTRIES MUST KEEP PRESSURE ON LTTE TO SURRENDER AND RELEASE
HOSTAGES -
07 MAY 2009
TEACHINGS
OF THE BUDDHA GIVEN UTMOST PLACE IN OUR GOVERNANCE SYSTEM
-- PRESIDENT -
07 MAY 2009
SRI
LANKA CALLS FOR PUNITIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE LTTE’S
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK -
06 MAY 2009
SRI
LANKA’S ENVOY TO THE U.S. BRIEFS CURRENT SITUATION
TO U.S. LEGISLATORS - 04 MAY 2009
FOREIGN
MINISTRY DENIES NEWS REPORT - 04 MAY 2009
PRESIDENT’S
APPEAL TO TAMIL CIVILIANS IN NFZ - 01 MAY 2009
ADDRESS
BY H.E THE PRESIDENT AT THE MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS - 01 MAY
2009
FRENCH
FOREIGN MINISTER AND UK FOREIGN SECRETARY CONDEMNED THE
LTTE FOR HOLDING THE CIVILIAN POPULATION HOSTAGE IN THE
“NO FIRE ZONE” - 29 APRIL 2009
AMBASSADOR
HONORS SCHOLAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS - 29 APRIL 2009
GOVERNMENT
OF SRI LANKA REJECTS ACCUSATION ON DENIAL OF ENTRY TO SWEDISH
FOREIGN MINISTER - 28 APRIL 2009
HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN SRI LANKA - 28 APRIL
2009
SRI
LANKA’S AMBASSADOR TO U.S. BRIEFS UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN
- 27 APRIL 2009
COMBAT
OPERATIONS REACH CONCLUSION - GOVERNMENT - 27 APRIL 2009
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA SPEAKS TO CNN - 23 APRIL 2009
INVESTMENT
POTENTIAL IN SRI LANKA IS UNLIMITED AND NOW IS THE TIME
- SRI LANKAN ENVOY AND ASSISTANT UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
BRIEF THE PRIVATE SECTOR - 23 APRIL 2009
FOREIGN
MINISTER HAILS ARMED FORCES FOR SUCCESSFUL HOSTAGE RESCUE
MISSION - 23 APRIL 2009
OVER
100,000 CIVILIANS RESCUED - 22 APRIL 2009
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA SPEAKS TO AL JAZEERA - 21 APRIL 2009
HOSTAGE
RESCUE MISSION FREES THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS FROM
TERRORIST CLUTCHES - 21 APRIL 2009
GOVERNMENT
RESCUE FREES THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS FROM LTTE ENCLAVE -
20 APRIL 2009
PRESIDENT
ORDERS RELIEF - 20 APRIL 2009
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA’S SINHALA AND TAMIL NEW YEAR
MESSAGE - 14 APRIL 2009
WHILE
SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT SUSPENDS COMBAT FOR SINHALA AND TAMIL
NEW YEAR, LTTE RESPONDS WITH A BRUTAL ATTACK THAT KILLS
EIGHT SOUTHERN VILLAGERS APRIL 12, 2009 -
13 APRIL 2009
GOVERNMENT
CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACK ON SRI LANKA MISSION IN OSLO - 13
APRIL 2009
NEW
YEAR PROMISE OF FREEDOM & PROSPERITY - PRESIDENT - 13
APRIL 2009
FOREIGN
MINISTER’S SINHALA & HINDU NEW YEAR MESSAGE -
13 APRIL 2009
SECRETARY-GENERAL
BAN KI-MOON WELCOMES TWO-DAY PAUSE IN MILITARY OPERATION
AGAINST REBELS - 12 APRIL 2009
DEFENSIVE
ACTION ONLY DURING NEW YEAR - PRESIDENT TO ARMED SERVICES
- 12 APRIL 2009
SRI
LANKAN FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES END OF LTTE CONFLICT
WITH U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS - 10 APRIL 2009
EMBASSY
WELCOMES YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS FROM SRI LANKA AT CONCLUSION
OF THREE-WEEK U.S. GOVERNMENT TOUR - 09 APRIL 2009
MEXICO
REASSURES SRI LANKA OF ITS SUPPORT - 08 APRIL 2009
POOL
TOURNAMENT UNITES SRI LANKANS - 07 APRIL 2009
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA BRIEFS MEMBERS OF US CONGRESS - 03
APRIL 2009
GOVERNMENT
DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER THE PLIGHT OF TRAPPED CIVILIANS -
03 APRIL 2009
AMBASSADOR
DISCUSSES POST- CONFLICT FUTURE FOR SRI LANKA - 31 MARCH
2009
GOVERNMENT
SEEKS PARTNERSHIP WITH DIASPORA FOR RECONCILIATION AND PEACE
BUILDING IN THE NORTH - 29 MARCH 2009
SRI
LANKAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LTTE CONFLICT WITH U.S. SECRETARY
OF STATE - 26 MARCH 2009
SRI
LANKA'S U.S. ENVOY MEETS WITH SENATE LEADER - 26 MARCH 2009
UN
RESIDENT COORDINATOR UNABLE TO VOUCH FOR CIVILIAN CASUALTY
FIGURES - 25 MARCH 2009
YAL
DEVI WILL SHOW OUR RESOLVE FOR UNITY AND COEXISTENCE - PRESIDENT
- 23 MARCH 2009
TAMIL
NATIONAL ALLIANCE MP SUPPORTIVE OF GOVERNMENT¹S HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE EFFORTS FOR IDPS IN CONFLICT ZONE - 22 MARCH
2009
POSITIVE
SIGN IN UN - SRI LANKA RELATIONS: UN SECRETARY GENERAL -
17 MARCH 2009
SRI
LANKAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON LTTE TO RELEASE UNITED NATIONS
STAFF MEMBER AND CHILDREN TAKEN BY FORCE - 16 MARCH 2009
SRI
LANKA ON VERGE OF DEFEATING TERRORISM - HILLARY CLINTON
TELLS PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA -
14 MARCH 2009
GOVERNMENT
CONDEMNS THE LTTE SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK - 10 MARCH 2009
GOVERNMENT
CONDEMNS LTTE ATTACK ON FOOD SHIP TO MULLAITIVU - 09 MARCH
2009
US
EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH SRI LANKA IN THE WAKE OF LAHORE
TERROR ATTACK - 07 MARCH 2009
SRI
LANKAN AMBASSADOR OUTRAGED BY ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS - 06
MARCH 2009
AMBASSADORS
CONDEMN ATTACK ON SRI LANKAN CRICKET TEAM - 05 MARCH 2009
U.S.
CONDEMNS ATTACK ON SL CRICKET TEAM - 04 MARCH 2009
PRESIDENT
CONDEMNS COWARDLY TERRORIST ATTACK OF CRICKETERS - 03 MARCH
2009
GOVERNMENT
CONDEMNS ATTACK ON SRI LANKA CRICKET TEAM - 03 MARCH 2009
SAARC
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS PLEDGE COOPERATION TO COMBAT TERRORISM
- 01 MARCH 2009
UN
UNDER SECRETARY GENERAL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL - 28 FEBRUARY
2009
SAARC
MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON COOPERATION IN COMBATING TERRORISM
- 28 FEBRUARY 2009
TERRORISM
& GLOBAL FINANCIAL MELTDOWN: TWIN CHALLENGES BEFORE
SAARC TODAY - PRESIDENT - 27 FEBRUARY 2009
SRI
LANKAN AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR END TO USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS
- 27 FEBRUARY 2009
PLEASE
SUPPORT AN URGENT HUMANITARIAN CAUSE!!! - 27 FEBRUARY 2009
FRANCE
EXPRESSES INTEREST TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE -
26 FEBRUARY 2009
PRESIDENT
TO LAUNCH NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST USE OF CHILDREN IN ARMED
CONFLICT -
26 FEBRUARY 2009
CLOSING
REMARKS BY DR. PALITHA KOHONA, CHAIRPERSON OF THE 36TH SESSION
OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE - 26 FEBRUARY 2009
SRI
LANKAN AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS COUNTRY’S COMMITMENT TO
ENSURE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL SRI LANKAN CITIZENS -
25 FEBRUARY 2009
HOPE
OF BRIGHT FUTURE - PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE FOR MAHA SHIVA RATHRI
- 23 FEBRUARY 2009
SRI
LANKAN AMBASSADOR COUNTERS SO-CALLED PEACE GROUPS - 20 FEBRUARY
2009
UN
UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL URGES LTTE TO FREE CIVILIANS - 20
FEBRUARY 2009
UN
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL SIR JOHN HOLMES TO VISIT SRI LANKA
- 18 FEBRUARY 2009
SRI
LANKAN AMBASSADOR URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PRESSURE
LTTE TO RELEASE REMAINING INNOCENT CIVILIANS - 16 FEBRUARY
2009
TREASURY
TARGETS U.S. FRONT FOR SRI LANKAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
- 11 FEBRUARY 2009
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA HOSTS TRIBUTE TO STUDENTS KILLED IN LTTE SUICIDE
BOMB ATTACK WITH UNITY - SRI LANKA AND D.S. SENANAYAKE COLLEGE
ALUMNI IN WASHINGTON DC - 10 FEBRUARY 2009
SRI
LANKANS CELEBRATE 61 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE IN GRAND SCALE
IN WASHINGTON DC -
09 FEBRUARY 2009
“FREE
FROM THE SHADOW OF TERROR, GRASP THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE
US” - PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA ON FREEDOM DAY - 04 FEBRUARY
2009
PRESIDENT
OBAMA’S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSE ON NATIONAL
DAY - 04 FEBRUARY 2009
61ST
INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE OF H.E. THE PRESIDENT - 04 FEBRUARY
2009
61ST
INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE OF HON PRIME MINISTER - 04 FEBRUARY
2009
61ST
INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE OF THE HON MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS - 04 FEBRUARY 2009
UNSG
WELCOMES PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE’S ANNOUNCEMENT
OF SAFE PASSAGE FOR CIVILIANS - 31 JANUARY 2009
PRESIDENT
URGES LTTE: RELEASE CIVILIANS IN 48 HOURS - 30 JANUARY 2009
MILITARY
VICTORIES OFFER POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY FOR NORMALCY IN NORTH
- PRESIDENT TELLS INDIAN MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS -
28 JANUARY 2009
FOUR
DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES, INCLUDING CONSPIRING
TO ACQUIRE ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES AND PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT
TO THE LTTE, A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION - 27 JANAURY
2009
INVITATION
FOR 61ST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE OF SRI LANKA - 23 JANUARY
2009
SHARED
INTERESTS IN COMBATING TERRORISM - PRESIDENT SENDS GOOD
WISHES TO OBAMA -
23 JANUARY 2009
MINISTER
REJECTS ACCUSATIONS REGARDING THE VISIT OF THE U.S PACIFIC
COMMAND TEAM -
21 JANUARY 2009
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY CELEBRATES THAI PONGAL - 19 JANUARY 2009
“BE
RESPONSIBLE” - PRESIDENT TELLS MEDIA - 15 JANUARY
2009
ELEPHANT
PASS CAPTURED, A-9 OPENED - PRESIDENT - 09 JANURY 2009
COMMITMENT
TO A POLITICAL SOLUTION REITERATED IN THE AFTERMATH OF LTTE
PROSCRIPTION
- 08 JANUARY 2009
LTTE
IS BANNED BY THE SL GOVT: WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT - 08 JANUARY
2009
MURDER
OF MR. LASANTHA WICKRAMATUNGA - HEINOUS CRIME BY FORCES
OF TERROR AND CRIMINALITY - PRESIDENT - 08 JANUARY 2009
YOUTH
VOLUNTEERS RESTRUCTURE EMBASSY LIBRARY - 05 JANUARY 2009
KILINOCHCHI
IS CAPTURED - PRESIDENT TELLS THE NATION - 02 JANUARY 2009
HON.
HUSSEIN A. BHAILA, DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MEETS
MR. RICHARD BOUCHER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH
AND CENTRAL ASIA, AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON
DC ON DECEMBER 19, 2008 - 02 JANUARY 2009
LAUNCH
OF ‘RATNA DVÍPA’ - QUARTERLY MAGAZINE
PUBLISHED BY THE EMBASSY OF SRI LANKA, WASHINGTON DC - 01
JANUARY 2009
2009
- THE DAWN OF A SUSTAINABLE PEACE - PRESIDENT - 01 JANUARY
2009
NEW
YEAR MESSAGE OF HON. PRIME MINISTER - 01 JANUARY 2009
NEW
YEAR MESSAGE OF HON. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - 01 JANUARY
2009
2008
NEW
YEAR GREETINGS - 30 DECEMBER 2008
CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE OF H.E. THE PRESIDENT - 25 DECEMBER 2008
CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE HON. ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
-
25 DECEMBER 2008
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA SPEAKS TO SRI LANKAN MEDIA - 23 DECEMBER
2008
"A
TASTE OF SRI LANKA" - SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR HOSTS MERIDIEN
EMBASSY CHEFS SERIES -
16 DECEMBER 2008
FOREIGN
MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS THREAT OF TERRORISM TO DEMOCRACY AT
BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM - 10 DECEMBER 2008
MR.KARUNARATNE
REUNITES WITH HIS FAMILY - 10 DECEMBER 2008
PRESIDENT
ON 60 YEARS OF UDHR - 09 DECEMBER 2008
CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATIONS AT THE SRI LANKA EMBASSY - 09 DECEMBER 2008
US
GOVERNMENT DONATES $100,000 FOR FLOOD RELIEF - 02 DECEMBER
2008
PRESIDENT
CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN INDIA - 27 NOVEMBER 2008
FOREIGN
MINISTER CONDEMNS TERRORIST OUTRAGE IN MUMBAI - 27 NOVEMBER
2008
UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL SEARCHING FOR FAMILY OF MR. KARUNARATNE, A NATIVE
OF SRI LANKA -
20 NOVEMBER 2008
STATEMENT
BY HON. ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS - 19 NOVEMBER 2008
POONERYN
FALLS: “LAY DOWN ARMS NOW” - PRESIDENT TELLS
LTTE - 17 NOVEMBER 2008
THINGS
TO DO DC HOSTS AN 'EVENING AT THE SRI LANKAN EMBASSY', WASHINGTON
DC -
07 NOVEMBER 2008
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT- ELECT BARACK
OBAMA
-
05 NOVEMBER 2008
MAN
WHO AIDED TAMIL TIGER TERRORISTS IN THE ATTEMPTED PURCHASE
OF SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES, NIGHT VISION DEVICES, MACHINE
GUNS AND STATE OF THE ART FIREARMS SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY
TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERROR ORGANIZATION - 31
OCTOBER 2008
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC HOSTS LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
ALUMNI FOR AN INFORMATIVE EVENING - 29 OCTOBER 2008
PRESIDENT'S
DEEPAVALI MESSAGE - 26 OCTOBER 2008
MINISTER
SARATH AMUNUGAMA AND AMBASSADOR JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA ENCOURAGE
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKA - 23 OCTOBER 2008
'POST
CONFLICT DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKA' - ADDRESS BY HON. ROHITHA
BOGOLLAGAMA , M.P. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - OCTOBER
2008
HON.
SARATH AMUNUGAMA, MINISTER OF ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT &
INVESTMENT PROMOTION ADDRESSES 2008 ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE
IMF AND THE WORLD BANK BOARDS OF GOVERNORS,
WASHINGTON DC - 15 OCTOBER 2008
HON.
SARATH AMUNUGAMA, MINISTER OF ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT &
INVESTMENT PROMOTION MEETS MR. ROBERT DOHNER, DEPUTY ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AT THE US TREASURY, WASHINGTON
DC - 10 OCTOBER 2008
FOREIGN
MINISTER REITERATES GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY
OF AID WORKERS -
10 OCTOBER 2008
BRIEFING
SESSION FOR PARTICIPANTS OF 18TH NEW GENERATION SEMINAR
REPRESENTING 12 COUNTRIES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION AND
THE UNITES STATES OF AMERICA - 08 OCTOBER 2008
SRI
LANKAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC ORGANIZES PIRITH CHANTING
CEREMONY WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF CHIEF INCUMBENTS OF ALL
SRI LANKAN BUDDHIST TEMPLES IN THE USA -
29 SEPTEMBER 2009
ADDRESS
BY HIS EXCELLENCY MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA - PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA AT THE SIXTY SECOND SESSION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEW YORK - 24 SEPTEMBER
2008
FOREIGN
MINISTER ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA ADDRESSES SRI LANKAN COMMUNITY
IN WASHINGTON DC - 21 SEPTEM2008
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC HOSTS TRADITIONAL IFTHAR
- 16 SEPTEMBER 2008
INTERNSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES - 08 SEPTEMBER 2008
BOSTON
AUCTIONS SPECIALTY CEYLON TEAS TO SUPPORT SRI LANKA TSUNAMI
VICTIMS -
11 SEPTEMBER 2008
FOREIGN
MINISTER TELLS DIPLOMATS THAT PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA HAS RECEIVED
POPULAR MANDATE TO DEFEAT TERRORISM - 28 AUGUST 2008
WASHINGTON
DC CELEBRATES “ASIAN ELEPHANT DAY” WITH SRI
LANKA AT THE CENTER - 26 AUGUST 2008
GOVERNMENT
READY TO ASSIST CIVILIANS FLEEING FIGHTING IN THE WANNI
- 19 AUGUST 2008
REDOUBLE
COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM - PRESIDENT TO SAARC
- 02 AUGUST 2008
PROSPERITY
OF INDIA AND SRI LANKA CLOSELY LINKED - MANMOHAN SINGH -
01 AUGUST 2008
AMBASADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA ATTENDS SPECIAL RELIGIOUS SERVICES
IN GREATER WASHINGTON AREA - 31 JULY 2008
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT
GEORGE W. BUSH -
29 JULY 2008
GOVERNMENT
BELIEVES IN A LASTING SOLUTION - THE BOSTON GLOBE - 23 JULY
2008
STUDENTS
FROM SRI LANKA VISIT EMBASSY - 21 JULY 2008
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA MEETS DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN
NEGROPONTE -
18 JULY 2008
PROGRESS
IN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS WILL CONTINUE - PRESIDENT
TELLS BRITISH MINISTER - 15 JULY 2008
AMBASSADOR
JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA ASSUMES DUTIES IN WASHINGTON DC -
14 JULY 2008
RELIGIOUS
CEREMONY TO WELCOME AMBASSADOR DESIGNATE JALIYA WICKRAMASURIYA
- 12 JULY 2008
INDONESIAN
MAN SENTENCED IN CONSPIRACY TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT
TO A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND MONEY LAUNDERING
- 10 JULY 2008
SRI
LANKA CONDEMNS ATTACK ON US CONSULATE GENERAL IN ISTANBUL
- 10 JULY 2008
SURF'S
UP, EMBASSY ROW - THE WASHINGTON TIMES - 30 JUNE 2008
AMBASSADOR
BERNARD GOONETILLEKE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES HIS TOUR OF
DUTY - 29 JUNE 2008
WHY
A SEPARATE STATE IN SRI LANKA IS AN IMPRACTICAL GOAL - 27
JUNE 2008
OP-ED:
PEACE FOR SRI LANKA? - THE WASHINGTON TIMES - 23 JUNE 2008
MINISTER
G. L. PEIRIS VISITS WASHINGTON DC FOR BILATERAL TALKS UNDER
US-SRI LANKA TRADE AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (TIFA)
- 19 JUNE 2008
PRESIDENT'S
POSON MESSAGE - 17 JUNE 2008
SRI
LANKA WELCOMES LISTING OF WTM BY CANADA AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
- 17 JUNE 2008
FOREIGN
MINISTER DEPLORES BUS BOMB ATTACKS - 06 JUNE 2008
UN
FOOD SUMMIT: SRI LANKA MOOTS GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS FUND - 03
JUNE 2008
GOVERNMENT
LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE TO EXPEDITE SRI LANKA’S EASTERN
REVIVAL PROGRAM -
02 JUNE 2008
ALL
BUDDHIST INSTITUTIONS IN GREATER WASHINGTON AREA PARTICIPATE
IN EMBASSY VESAK DANA -
20 MAY 2008
SEQUEL
TO AMBASSADOR BERNARD GOONETILLEKE’S INTERVIEW WITH
WCCATV13, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS - 20 MAY 2008
PRESIDENT'S
VESAK MESSAGE - 18 MAY 2008
PRESIDENT
CONDEMNS ATTACK ON CIVILIANS - 16 MAY 2008
LTTE
ASSASSINATES YET ANOTHER TAMIL MODERATE - 16 MAY 2008
DEMOCRACY
RE-ESTABLISHED IN EASTERN PROVINCE - 15 MAY 2008
WE
FIGHT TERROR SINGLE HANDED TO LET DEMOCRACY PREVAIL - PRESIDENT
- 14 MAY 2008
THE
STATEMENT BY H.E. THE PRESIDENT ON EASTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
ELECTION - 11 MAY 2008
SRI
LANKA: THE ISLE OF SERENDIPITY MEETS THE CHALLENGE OF TERRORISM
- 10 MAY 2008
INFORMATION
GATEWAY TO EASTERN REVIVAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - 07 MAY
2008
WHEN
THE WHOLE WORLD IS TURNING INTO A GLOBAL VILLAGE, IT IS
NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO DIVIDE NATIONS ON ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS
LINES - AMBASSADOR BERNARD GOONETILLEKE - 05 MAY 2008
CCHA
MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNTY COMMENDS THE RELAEASE
OF CHILD RECRUITS, AND JAPAN AND EU WELCOMES ONGOING EFFORTS
TOWARDS A PEACEFUL SOLUTION IN SRI LANKA -
02 MAY 2008
JUSTICE
P.N. BHAGWATI, CHAIR OF THE IIGEP CLARIFIES POSITION STATES:
“IIGEP HAS NEVER ALLEGED THAT THERE WAS ABSENCE OF
POLITICAL WILL ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA”-
28 APRIL 2008
28
MORE CHILDREN RELEASED BY TMVP - 25 APRIL 2008
SRI
LANKA: DEMOCRACY VS. TERRORISM - A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
TO THE CONFLICT? -
21 APRIL 2008
H.E.
THE PRESIDENT’S NEW YEAR MESSAGE - 12 APRIL 2008
HON.
PRIME MINISTER'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE - 12 APRIL 2008
HON.
FOREIGN MINISTER’S NEW YEAR MESSAGE - 12 APRIL 2008
GOVERNMENT
TAKES OVER ELEVEN CHILDREN FOR REHABILITATION - 10 APRIL
2008
THE
NATION MOURNS THE ASSASSINATION OF MINISTER JEYARAJ FERNANDOPULLE
- 08 APRIL 2008
GOVERNMENT
DENIES UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS REGARDING THE MADHU SHRINE
- 08 APRIL 2008
CONDOLENCE
MESSAGE OF H.E. THE PRESIDENT ON THE ASSASSINATION OF HON.
JEYARAJ FERNANDOPULLE, M.P. - 06 APRIL 2008
FOREIGN
MINISTRY LAUNCHES ONLINE INFORMATION RESOURCE BASE - 28
MARCH 2008
ENCORE
FOR AMBASSADOR BERNARD GOONETILLEKE’S INTERVIEW WITH
WCCA TV 13 OF WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS - 27 MARCH 2008
"INCLUSIVENESS
- EMBRACING EACH OTHER TO SOLVE THE CONFLICT” - DR.
PALITHA KOHONA -
24 MARCH 2008
VISIT
OF THE EU - TROIKA DELEGATION TO SRI LANKA 16TH-18TH MARCH
2008 - 19 MARCH 2008
SRI
LANKA FOREIGN MINISTRY STRONGLY PROTESTS U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT’S
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT - 14 MARCH 2008
THE
ENTIRE COURSE OF THE ELECTION, FROM THE TIME OF ITS ANNOUNCEMENT,
WAS FREE OF OVERT VIOLENCE - PAFFREL - 14 MARCH 2008
MAYOR
APPOINTED TO BATTICALOA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AS DEMOCRACY IS
RESTORED IN THE EAST -
12 MARCH 2008
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA HOPES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL
RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHANGE TAKING PLACE IN THE
EAST - 12 MARCH 2008
PRESIDENT
THANKS ALL WHO HELPED STABILIZE DEMOCRACY IN THE EAST -
10 MARCH 2008
AMBASSADOR
BERNARD GOONETILLEKE CAUTIONS AGAINST DONATIONS TO UNKNOWN
ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD BE TERRORIST FRONTS - 07 MARCH
2008
STATEMENT
OF THE MINISTRY OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS
ON THE DECISION BY THE IIGEP TO WIND-UP THEIR OPERATIONS
IN SRI LANKA - 07 MARCH 2008
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY PARTICIPATES IN EMBASSY SERIES OF THE WORLD
AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC - 06 MARCH 2008
PRESIDENT'S
MAHA SHIVA RATHRI DAY MESSAGE - 06 MARCH 2008
PETTY
OFFICER BANDARA FELICITATED IN MARYLAND - 05 MARCH 2008
SCREENING
OF SRI LANKA FILMS AT FREER AND SACKLER GALLERIES OF THE
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - 05 MARCH 2008
SRI
LANKA AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OF THE NATIONAL CONFLICT AT INSTITUTE
ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC POLICY - 04 MARCH 2008
STRENGTH
OF DETERMINATION DRIVES DISABLED WARRANT OFFICER UPALI -
29 FEBRUARY 2008
UN
ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS ATTENDS
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
IN COLOMBO - 26 FEBRUARY 2008
WASHINGTON
TIMES EXPOSES TIGERS ON PROWL TO HOODWINK INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY -
17 FEBRUARY 2008
FOREIGN
MINISTRY STATEMENT ON THE UNILATERAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
BY KOSOVO -
17 FEBRUARY 2008
LTTE
ATTACKS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MANNAR - 15 FEBRUARY 2008
SRI
LANKA URGES UN WORKING GROUP TO CALL UPON THE LTTE TO FORTHWITH
RELEASE ALL CHILD COMBATANTS - 12 FEBRUARY 2008
THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST VIEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SRI LANKA
WITHOUT BLINKERS - FOREIGN MINISTER - 06 FEBRUARY 2008
“DEFEAT
OF TERRORISM IS VICTORY FOR ALL” - PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA
ON FREEDOM DAY -
04 FEBRUARY 2008
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC CELEBRATES SRI LANKA’S
60 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE -
04 FEBRUARY 2008
INDEPENDENCE
DAY MESSAGE OF H.E. THE PRESIDENT - 04 FEBRUARY 2008
INDEPENDENCE
DAY MESSAGE OF HON. PRIME MINISTER - 04 FEBRUARY 2008
INDEPENDENCE
DAY MESSAGE OF FOREIGN MINISTER ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA - 04
FEBRUARY 2008
PROFESSIONAL
FINESSE AND EXQUISITE STYLE OF SRI LANKAN DANCE THRILL US
AUDIENCES -
03 FEBRUARY 2008
UNITED
STATES CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS - 03 FEBRUARY 2008
DON’T
BE PROVOKED BY LTTE BRUTALITY - PRESIDENT ON DAMBULLA BLAST
- 02 FEBRUARY 2008
CHALLENGING
PERSPECTIVES OF SRI LANKA’S JOURNEY TOWARD CONFLICT
RESOLUTION -
25 JANUARY 2008
APRC
PRESENTS DEVOLUTION PROPOSALS TO PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA
- 24 JANUARY 2008
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY CELEBRATES SRI LANKA’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY
OF INDEPENDENCE ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2008 - 21 JANUARY
2008
U.S.
GOVERNMENT’S HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FUNDING IN SRI
LANKA FOR 2007 TOTALED MORE THAN USD 26 MILLION - 18 JANUARY
2008
U.S.
PACIFIC FLEET COMMANDER VISITS SRI LANKA TO REVIEW MARITIME
COOPERATION - 18 JANUARY 2008
SRI
LANKA’S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER MAHINDA SAMARASINGHE
RESPONDS TO HIGH COMMISSIONER LOUISE ARBOUR’S STATEMENT
ON CFA ABROGATION - 16 JANUARY 2008
LTTE
MARKS ABROGATION OF CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT WITH CIVILIAN BUS
BOMB ATTACK, KILLING 23 AND INJURING 67 - 16 JANUARY 2008
PRESIDENT
HOPES FOR PEACE, PROSPERITY, TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING - 14
JANUARY 2008
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY CELEBRATES THAI PONGAL WITH THE SRI LANKANS
IN WASHINGTON DC -
14 JAUNUARY 2008
TAMING
THE TAMIL TIGERS - 10 JANUARY 2008
PRESIDENT
GIVES JAN 23 DEADLINE TO APRC - 10 JANUARY 2008
MEMORIAL
SERVICE FOR AMBASSADOR SPAIN - 07 JANUARY 2008
'TERMINATION
OF THE CFA DOES NOT HAMPER THE PROCESS OF SEEKING A NEGOTIATED
POLITICAL SETTLEMENT’- FM - 04 JANUARY 2008
NORWEGIAN
GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF THE DECISION TO TERMINATE CFA - 03
JANUARY 2008
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH THE SRI LANKAN COMMUNITY
IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON AREA - 03 JANUARY 2008
SRI
LANKANS IN GREATER WASHINGTON COMMEMORATE THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY
OF THE TSUNAMI AT IBC IN WHEATON, MARYLAND - 03 JANUARY
2008
T.MAHESWARAN,
MP KILLED PRESIDENT EXPRESSES SHOCK AND GRIEF - 01 JANUARY
2008
NEW
YEAR MESSAGE OF H.E. THE PRESIDENT - 01 JANUARY 2008
2007
SRI
LANKA’S DEBUT INTERNATIONAL BOND ISSUE OVERSUBSCRIBED
OVER THREE TIMES -
19 OCTOBER 2007
GOVERNMENT
REMAINS DETERMINED TO FIGHT TERRORISM - PRESIDENT MAHINDA
RAJAPAKSA -
13 OCTOBER 2007
VISIT
OF MS LOUISE ARBOUR, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS,
TO SRI LANKA -
13 OCTOBER 2007
LANKA
MAINTAINS INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS WHILE FIGHTING TERRORISM -
MEDIA MINISTER -
11 OCTOBER 2007
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY AND THE SRI LANKAN COMMUNITY IN GREATER WASHINGTON
DC CELEBRATE RAMADAN - 09 OCTOBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER SEEKS A GREATER DEGREE OF COMMITMENT FROM EXPATRIATES
TO HELP SRI LANKA - 07 OCTOBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA SAYS US CONGRESS AMENDMENT "UNREASONABLE"
AND COULD ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTE TO PROVIDING A "LIFELINE"
TO THE LTTE - 06 OCTOBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN
THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SRI LANKA OVER THE PAST FEW
MONTHS - 05 OCTOBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER SEEKS USAID PARTNERSHIP IN REDEVELOPMENT OF THE
EASTERN PROVINCE -
04 OCTOBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER SAYS US CONGRESS MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT RECENT
IMPROVEMENTS ON THE GROUND IN SRI LANKA - 03 OCTOBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER BRIEFS US CONGRESSMAN ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN
SRI LANKA -
02 OCTOBER 2007
SRI
LANKA NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
FACE THE CHALLENGE OF TERRORISM WHILE PURSUING THE PATH
OF PEACE - 02 OCTOBER 2007
PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA ENCOURAGES ALL SRI LANKAN EXPATRIATES
TO BE AMBASSADORS FOR SRI LANKA - 29 SEPTEMBER 2007
ADDRESS
BY H.E. MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA, PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA TO THE
LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL - 28TH SEPTEMBER 2007
SRI
LANKA LAUNCHES BIDS FOR OIL EXPLORATION IN THE MANNAR BASIN
- 26 SEPTEMBER 2007
ADDRESS
BY HIS EXCELLENCY MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA AT THE SIXTY-SECOND
SESSION OFTHE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEW YORK
- 25 SEPTEMBER 2007
CHILD
RECRUITMENT "AN AFFRONT TO HUMANITY": SRI LANKA’S
CALL FOR ZERO TOLERANCE COMMENDED - 21 SEPTEMBER 2007
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA TO LEAD SRI LANKA DELEGATION TO 62ND UNGA - 17
SEPTEMBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER INVITES GREATER FRENCH INVESTMENT AND TRADE FROM
FRANCE -
10 SEPTEMBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA ASSURES ACF INVESTIGATION PROCEEDING
EXPEDITIOUSLY -
07 SEPTEMBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA SAYS SRI LANKA REMAINS READY TO ENGAGE
WITH THE LTTE AT ANY TIME - 06 SEPTEMBER 2007
VISIT
OF THE HIGH-LEVEL GOSL DELEGATION TO GENEVA - 06 SEPTEMBER
2007
SRI
LANKANS SADDENED BY THE MISPERCEPTIONS, DISTORTIONS AND
DELIBERATE ASPERSIONS CAST ON SRI LANKA - 03 SEPTEMBER 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER TELLS THE EU “GOVERNMENT HAS A ROAD MAP TO
END CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA” -
03 SEPTEMBER 2007
HUMAN
RIGHTS MINISTER APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO ABDUCTION
AND RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN FOR USE IN ARMED CONFLICT -
27 AUGUST 2007
GOVERNMENT
VEHEMENTLY CONDEMNS BOMB BLASTS IN HYDERABAD - 27 AUGUST
2007
EMBASSY
INVITES FRIENDS OF SRI LANKA TO HELP DEVELOP THE EAST -
15 AUGUST 2007
INTERNSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES - PERMANENT MISSION OF SRI LANKA TO THE UNITED
NATIONS IN NEW YORK - 10 AUGUST 2007
PAST
YEAR HAS SEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF ACTION TAKEN AGAINST
LTTE ACTIVISTS WORLDWIDE - 09 AUGUST 2007
GOVERNMENT
RESPONDS TO HRW REPORT - 07 AUGUST 2007
MINISTER
OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS, MAHINDA SAMARASINGHE
STRESSED THAT ALL ARBITRARY KILLINGS NEED TO BE CONDEMNED
AND VIOLATORS OF HUMAN RIGHTS NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO ACCOUNT
- 06 AUGUST 2007
UN
WILL HELP IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN PROVINCE -
UN UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL HOLMES - 06 AUGUST 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA CONCLUDES HIS VISIT TO ASEAN REGIONAL
FORUM (ARF) -
03 AUGUST 2007
ACF
INVESTIGATION - AUSTRALIAN EXPERT AFFIRMS POSITION OF SRI
LANKA GOVERNMENT ANALYST -
03 AUGUST 2007
THE
RESETTLEMENT IN BATTICALOA AND TRINCOMALEE IS IN PROGRESS
- 20 JULY 2007
SRI
LANKAN PRESIDENT PROMISES DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN THE EAST
BY YEAR’S END - 19 JULY 2007
SRI
LANKA: CHILDREN STILL FORCED TO FIGHT FOR TAMIL TIGERS -
19 JULY 2007
ABDUCTION
PROBE IN SRI LANKA LEADS TO ARRESTS - 18 JULY 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTRY CONTINUING WITH ALL NECESSARY CONSULAR ASSISTANCE
TO MISS RIZANA NAFEEK - 16 JULY 2007
SRI
LANKA PROMOTES “GARMENTS WITHOUT GUILT” IN THE
US MARKET - 16 JULY 2007
DEFENDING
SRI LANKA - 13 JULY 2007
SEEKING
A POLITICAL AND PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF CONFLICT - 13 JULY
2007
CUT
OFF THE TIGERS - WASHINGTON TIMES EDITORIAL - 12 JULY 2007
GOVERNMENT
TO PROSECUTE ARMY AND POLICE PERSONNEL INDICTMENT TO BE
SERVED ON THANDIKULAM KILLINGS - 05 JULY 2007
GOVERNMENT
SURMOUNTS OBSTACLES AND CONTINUES FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT OF
JAFFNA, PEACE SECRETARIAT SAYS - 03 JULY 2007
NIGHT
LANDING RESTRICTIONS AT COLOMBO’S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
LIFTED - 30 JUNE 2007
A
FRESH APPROACH TO MONITOR THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT - 29 JUNE
2007
SCOPP
TAKES ISSUE WITH ICJ REPORT AND ADDENDUM ON MUTTUR INCIDENT
- 28 JUNE 2007
NO
ROOM FOR EXTREMISM, VIOLENCE IN A DEMOCRACY - PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA AT ILO - 15 JUNE 2007
DNA
TESTS PROVE THE HUMAN REMAINS ARE NOT OF FR. JIM BROWN OR
HIS AIDE - 15 JUNE 2007
US
TO SUPPORT IDP RESETTLEMENT - 12 JUNE 2007
SRI
LANKA ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR REMOVAL ATTEMPT OF TAMIL
CIVILIANS; ALL REMOVED PERSONS RETURN TO COLOMBO - 11 JUNE
2007
PUBLIC
HEARING OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RELATING TO SRI LANKA
05TH JUNE, 2007, BRUSSELS - 06 JUNE 2007
“8TH
ASIA COOPERATION DIALOGUE (ACD) FOREIGN MINISTERS’
MEETING TO BE HELD IN SRI LANKA 2009” - 06 JUNE 2007
PRESIDENT
ORDERS AN IMMEDIATE AND FULL-SCALE PROBE INTO RED CROSS
ABDUCTIONS AND KILLINGS - 05 JUNE 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER URGES GOVERNMENTS TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON LTTE TERRORISM
- 03 JUNE 2007
SRI
LANKA ASSURED OF INCREASED ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING LTTE
TERRORISM - 03 JUNE 2007
INDIA
AGREES TO COORDINATED PATROLLING OF THE PALK STRAITS - 02
JUNE 2007
SINGAPORE
COMMITS TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBLE USE OF SINGAPOREAN TERRITORY
BY THE LTTE -
01 JUNE 2007
ADDRESS
BY FOREIGN SECRETARY DR. PALITHA KOHONA ON "COMBATING
THE LTTE AT HOME AND OVERSEAS - ENGAGING THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY" AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR POLITICAL
VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM RESEARCH, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,
SINGAPORE - 01 JUNE 2007
“TIME
TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CONCERNS OF TAMIL COMMUNITY AND THE
VIOLENCE OF THE LTTE” - DR. KOHONA - 01 JUNE 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA MEETS PRESIDENT DR. MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD
- 29 MAY 2007
SRI
LANKA PROMOTION AT OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH IN VIRGINIA
- 29 MAY 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER CALLS FOR FRESH INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE EAST - 25 MAY 2007
WFP
REGIONAL DIRECTOR BANBURY SAYS RECENT REPORTS ON LDP SETTLEMENT
IN THE EAST "POSITIVE" - 22 MAY 2007
LTTE
VESSEL SUNK IN MALDIVIAN WATERS - 17 MAY 2007
COMMISSION
OF INQUIRY HOLDS INAUGURAL SESSION AS IT BEGINS INVESTIGATIONS
- 16 MAY 2007
ABSOLUTELY
NO EVIDENCE TO LINK THE SRI LANKA NAVY WITH ATTACKS ON INDIAN
FISHERMEN -
12 MAY 2007
UN
TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST LTTE FOR CHILD RECRUITMENT - 11 MAY
2007
PRESIDENT
STRESSES NEED FOR VIGILANCE IN NATIONAL SECURITY - MEETING
WITH US ASST. SECRETARY BOUCHER - 10 MAY 2007
GOVT'S
AIM TO PROTECT TAMILS BEST- PRESIDENT TO ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
- 10 MAY 2007
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY COMMEMORATES VESAK WITH A DANA AT THE EMBASSY
- 08 MAY 2007
DR.
PATRICK MENDIS’ BOOK SIGNING CEREMONY AT THE EMBASSY
- 08 MAY 2007
SRI
LANKA PROMOTION AT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL,
WASHINGTON DC - 05 MAY 2007
LTTE
PROVED RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING OF INDIAN FISHERMEN IN INDIAN
WATERS; GETS CAUGHT IN ITS DEVIOUS PLOY TO IMPLICATE SRI
LANKA NAVY - 04 MAY 2007
LTTE’S
ILLEGAL TV TRANSMISSIONS TERMINATED - 03 MAY 2007
FRESH
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE KILLING OF 17 ACF AID WORKERS IN
MUTTUR - 27 APRIL 2007
SIGHTING
OF A LIGHT AIRCRAFT ACTIVATES SRI LANKA’S DEFENSE
MECHANISM - 26 APRIL 2007
LTTE’S
TRANSMISSIONS OF TV AND RADIO PROGRAMS TO EUROPE AND ASIA
TERMINATED BY INTELSAT LTD - 24 APRIL 2007
PRESIDENTIAL
DIRECTIVES TO PROTECT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF ARRESTED AND/OR
DETAINED PERSONS RE-CIRCULATED - 24 APRIL 2007
SRI
LANKA SHOWS RAPID RECOVERY IN TSUNAMI-RAVAGED NORTH AND
EAST - 18 APRIL 2007
DNA
TEST TO BE CARRIED OUT ON BODY DISCOVERED OFF PUNGUDUTHIVU
- 17 APRIL 2007
EMBASSY
DISCUSSES LTTE’S TV AND RADIO TRANSMISSIONS THROUGH
INTELSAT12 WITH INTELSAT LTD IN WASHINGTON DC - 11 APRIL
2007
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA APPEALS FOR JOINT ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM AT
SAARC SUMMIT -
03 APRIL 2007
ANOTHER
BUS BOMBING IN SRI LANKA - 03 APRIL 2007
CHIEF
OF INDIAN NAVAL STAFF DOES NOT RULE OUT LTTE INVOLVEMENT
IN THE KILLINGS OF INDIAN FISHERMEN - 02 APRIL 2007
SRI
LANKA FOREIGN MINISTER AND INDIAN MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
DISCUSS MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN SRI LANKA’S DEFENCE
CAPABILITIES - 01 APRIL 2007
SRI
LANKA FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS COUNTERPARTS FROM THE MALDIVES
AND BANGLADESH IN NEW DELHI - 01 APRIL 2007
PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA TO LEAD SRI LANKA DELEGATION AT 14TH SAARC
SUMMIT -
29 MARCH 2007
UK
ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON SRI LANKA IN THE HOUSE
OF LORDS CONDEMNS LTTE AERIAL ATTACK ON AIR FORCE BASE -
28 MARCH 2007
SRI
LANKA’S POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS CONDEMN LTTE AIR ATTACK
- 27 MARCH 2007
LTTE
ATTACKS KATUNAYAKE AIR FORCE BASE IN THE AFTERMATH OF RECENT
DEFEATS - 26 MARCH 2007
MINISTER
BOGOLLAGAMA STRESSES THE NEED FOR SAARC TO OVERCOME IMPEDIMENTS
-
20 MARCH 2007
INVESTMENT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN SRI LANKA AND AUSTRALIA - 20 MARCH 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER APPEALS TO SRI LANKAN EXPATRIATE COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE
THE CAUSE OF SRI LANKA IN THE U.S. - 19 MARCH 2007
PRESS
CONFERENCE BY SRI LANKAN GLOBAL COMPACT PARTICIPANTS - 19
MARCH 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER SAYS SRI LANKA WAS COMMITTED TO A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION
TO THE CONFLICT -
16 MARCH 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA TELLS US OPINION MAKERS, THAT POLITICAL
PROPOSALS NOT INTENDED TO MEET LTTE DEMANDS BUT THE TOTALITY
OF THE SRI LANKAN POLITY - 16 MARCH 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER CALLS ON THE U.S. TO BAN LTTE FRONT ORGANISATIONS
- 15 MARCH 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER SAYS EASTERN PROVINCE IN SRI LANKA COULD SERVE
AS A MODEL FOR
POST-CONFLICT PEACE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT - 14 MARCH
2007
MEETING
WITH US CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS OF
SRI LANKA’S PEACE INITIATIVE AND THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL
SUPPORT TO HALT LTTE FUNDRAISING - 14 MARCH 2007
PEACE
IN SRI LANKA AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
ADDRESS BY FOREIGN MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA - 10 MARCH 2007
US
SUPPORTS SRI LANKA'S HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT WORK IN
THE NORTH AND THE EAST -
09 MARCH 2007
THE
LTTE HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED THEIR CLAIM TO BE REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE TAMIL PEOPLE - FOREIGN MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA - 09
MARCH 2007
LTTE’S
TERRORIST ACTIVITY HAS TRANSGRESSED OUR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
- FOREIGN MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA - 09 MARCH 2007
UK
APPLAUDS SRI LANKA’S APPROACH TO A CONSTITUTIONAL
SOLUTION - 07 MARCH 2007
EFFORTS
TO ADDRESS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN THE NORTH AND EAST
COMMENDED -
07 MARCH 2007
ATTRACTING
INVESTMENT INTO REGIONS WITH CONFLICT SHOULD BE A SUBJECT
FOR NEXT REVIEW ON THE MONTERREY CONSENSUS - MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA
- 07 MARCH 2007
SRI
LANKA AND US SIGN MUTUAL SERVICES PACT - 06 MARCH 2007
JOINT
PRESS COMMUNIQUE OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05 MARCH 2007
THE
SECURITY OF THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY IS OF UTMOST CONCERN
TO THE GOVERNMENT, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER - 02 MARCH 2007
THE
EMBASSY ROW COLUMN OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES FOCUSES ON LTTE
EXCUSES FOR ATTACKING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN MISSION
- 01 MARCH 2007
TAMIL
TIGERS’ ATTEMPT TO REPLENISH AMMUNITION STOCKPILE
THWARTED LTTE VESSEL BLOWN UP BY NAVY - 01 MARCH 2007
WASHINGTON
TIMES HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ONCE MORE WITH ITS EDITORIAL
"DECLAW THE TAMIL TIGERS" - 01 MARCH 2007
LTTE
ATTACKS DIPLOMATIC DELEGATION ON HUMANITARIAN MISSION -
27 FEBRUARY 2007
UN
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS LTTE ATTACK ON UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR
AND OTHER DIPLOMATS - 27 FEBRUARY 2007
GROUP
OF 85 SRI LANKANS TEMPORARILY ACCOMMODATED ON CHRISTMAS
ISLAND - 24 FEBRUARY 2007
BRITISH
DEBT RELIEF NOT TIED TO DE-PROSCRIPTION OF LTTE - 23 FEBRUARY
2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER EXECUTION
OF FOUR SRI LANKANS IN SAUDI ARABIA - 23 FEBRUARY 2007
SRI
LANKA SETS INTERNATIONAL PRECEDENCE FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO
ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS - 23 FEBRUARY 2007
COLONEL
OLCOTT CENTENNIAL MEETING IN WASHINGTON DC - 21 FEBRUARY
2007
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY RESPONDS TO LETTERS OF CONCERN BY US CITIZENS
- 20 FEBRUARY 2007
GOVERNMENT
OF SRI LANKA VEHEMENTLY CONDEMNS THE BOMB ATTACK ON "SAMJHAUTA
(FRIENDSHIP) EXPRESS" - 20 FEBRUARY 2007
MINISTER
BOGOLLAGAMA APPRECIATES THE CONSISTENT SUPPORT SRI LANKA
RECEIVED FROM PAKISTAN - 16 FEBRUARY 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA MEETS PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN
SHAUKAT AZIZ -
16 FEBRUARY 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA TO VISIT PAKISTAN - 14 FEBRUARY 2007
PRESIDENT
VISIT TO MALDIVES STRENGTHENED THE LONG STANDING FRIENDLY
RELATIONS -
13 FEBRUARY 2007
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA CONCLUDES A SUCCESSFUL STATE VISIT TO THE MALDIVES
- 12 FEBRUARY 2007
MS
ANGELA KANE, UN ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL
AFFAIRS CALLS ON THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - 09 FEBRUARY
2007
TAMIL
TIGERS CHANGE MODUS OPERANDI TO REMOVE LABEL OF BEING TERRORISTS
- 08 FEBRUARY 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA EMPHASIZED THE NECESSITY FOR
MAINTAINING A CLOSE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE MINISTRY AND THE
COLOMBO BASED DIPLOMATS - 06 FEBRUARY 2007
MINISTER
BOGOLLAGAMA PROPOSED SRI LANKA AND THE MALDIVES SHOULD JOINTLY
PROMOTE TOURISM - 06 FEBRUARY 2007
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC CELEBRATES 59TH ANNIVERSARY
OF INDEPENDENCE -
05 FEBRUARY 2007
ADDRESS
BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA AT THE 59TH
INDEPENDENCE COMMEMORATION - 04 FEBRUARY 2007
59th
NATIONAL DAY SPEECH BY AMBASSADOR BERNARD GOONETILLEKE -
04 FEBRUARY 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA VISITS GERMANY - 02 FEBRUARY
2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER BOGOLLAGAMA'S VISIT TO BERLIN SRI LANKA'S POSITION
STRONGLY SUPPORTED -
02 FEBRUARY 2007
SRI
LANKA’S NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS TO BE HELD AT UNIVERSITY
OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AT VAN NESS ON FEBRUARY 4, 2007
- 01 FEBRUARY 2007
MINISTER
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA VISITS INDIA - 01
FEBRUARY 2007
FOREIGN
INVESTMENT IN GOVERNMENT TREASURY BONDS EXCEEDS RS 2.4 BILLION(US
DOLLAR 23 MILLION) - 30 JANUARY 2007
TOWARDS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY,
CULTURE AND HERITAGE - PRESIDENT - 29 JANUARY 2007
HON.
ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA APPOINTED AS NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS - 29 JANUARY 2007
FOREIGN
MINISTER OF MYANMAR ASSURES COOPERATION WITH SRI LANKA TO
FIGHT TERRORISM -
25 JANUARY 2007
TAMIL
TIGERS CARRY OUT SUICIDE ATTACK AGAINST SHIP CARRYING RELIEF
SUPPLIES TO CIVILIANS IN JAFFNA PENINSULA - 22 JANUARY 2007
FORGING
A RADICAL CENTRE: A RESPONSE TO EXTREMISM AND INTOLERANCE
- 19 JANUARY 2007
SLA
VICTORIOUS IN VAKARAI RESCUE MISSION - 19 JANUARY 2007
DR.
T.B. PALITHA KOHONA ASSUMED DUTIES AS THE SECRETARY OF MINISTRY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
17 JANUARY 2007
THAI
PONGAL CELEBRATIONS IN THE SRI LANKA EMBASSY, WASHINGTON
DC - 16 JANUARY 2007
TSUNAMI
RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT IN SRI LANKA IS A SUCCESS STORY -
12 JANUARY 2007
VISIT
OF THE HON.SHRI PRANAB MUKHERJEE, MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
OF INDIA TO SRI LANKA - 09 JANUARY 2007
US
AMBASSADOR CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON BUSES - 09 JANUARY 2007
THE
GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO PEACE; LTTE BOMBS CROWDED CIVILIAN
BUSES - 09 JANUARY 2007
THE
GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS LTTE TERROR ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS - 06
JANUARY 2007
2006
GOVERNMENT
CONTINUES TO TAKE CARE OF IDPS; LTTE USES DISPLACEMENT AS
A STRATEGY -
26 DECEMBER 2006
LTTE
ENGAGE IN ACT OF PIRACY - AGAINST JORDANIAN MERCHANT VESSEL
MV FARAH III, ANCHORED OFF THE COAST OF MULLAITTIVU DUE
TO ENGINE FAILURE - 26 DECEMBER 2006
THE
GOVERNMENT RAISED US$ 100 MILLION SYNDICATED LOAN IN THE
INTERNATIONAL MARKET -
26 DECEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC CONDUCTS MULTI-RELIGIOUS
OBSERVANCES TO MARK
THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE TSUNAMI - 26 DECEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT’S
CHRISTMAS DAY MESSAGE - 25 DECEMBER 2006
ONLY
A SOVEREIGN STATE HAS TERRITORIAL WATERS - 23 DECEMBER 2006
FOOD
ITEMS REQUIRED FOR THE PEOPLE IN JAFFNA AIRLIFTED - 23 DECEMBER
2006
US
NOMINATES MEMBER FOR THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL GROUP
OF EMINENT PERSONS -
22 DECEMBER 2006
GOVERNMENT
TAKES IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO PROVIDE THE BASIC NECESSITIES
OF RESIDENTS IN THE JAFFNA PENINSULA - 22 DECEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKANS IN WASHINGTON CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AT THE SRI LANKA
EMBASSY - 19 DECEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA SAYS GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA IS COMMITTED TO A
NEGOTIATE POLITICAL SETTLEMENT - 17 DECEMBER 2006
WASHINGTON
TIMES STRESSES THE NEED TO HALT LTTE FUNDRAISING FOR PEACE
IN SRI LANKA -
17 DECEMBER 2206
WASHINGTON
TIMES DISTINGUISHES DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHARITY AND TERRORISM
-
16 DECEMBER 2006
LIFE
AND SUPPLIES FAST RETURNING TO NORMAL IN JAFFNA - 13 DECEMBER
2006
CONGRESSMAN
SCOTT GARRETT COMMENDS SRI LANKA’S COMMITMENT TO A
PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT - 08 DECEMBER 2006
LTTE
IGNORES HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN JAFFNA BY REJECTING
GOSL OFFER -
08 DECEMBER 2006
WASHINGTON
TIMES EDITORIAL EVOKES DEBATE ON SRI LANKA - 08 DECEMBER
2006
SECURITY
FORCES LAUNCH COUNTER OPERATIONS TO RESTORE NORMALCY - 07
DECEMBER 2006
GOVERNMENT
ASKS THE LTTE TO ALLOW JAFFNA SHOPKEEPERS TO FUNCTION WITHOUT
INTIMIDATION - 07 DECEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
SAYS NEW LAWS ONLY MEANT TO DEFEAT TERRORISM - 06 DECEMBER
2006
NEW
REGULATIONS TO COMBAT TERRORISM - 06 DECEMBER 2006
GOVERNMENT
EXPRESSES CONCERN AND CONDEMNATION OVER THE COWARDLY ATTACK
ON DEFENCE SECRETARY - 01 DECEMBER 2006
THE
UNITED STATES CONDEMNS SUICIDE ATTACK - 01 DECEMBER 2006
LTTE'S
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE DEFENCE SECRETARY FAILS - 01 DECEMBER
2006
LTTE’S
DUPLICITY AND CALLOUSNESS IN EXPLOITING THE MISERY IT HAS
INFLICTED ON TAMIL CIVILIANS COME TO THE FORE AGAIN - 01
DECEMBER 2006
ARMY
COMMANDER FONSEKA EMPHASISES THAT THE SEARCH FOR PEACE MUST
NOT ALLOW THE LTTE TO STRENGTHEN ITS MILITARY CAPABILITY
- 30 NOVEMBER 2006
TERRIFYING
'HEROES' - 29 NOVEMBER 2006
VISIT
OF H.E MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA, PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA TO INDIA,
25 - 29 NOVEMBER 2006 -
29 NOVEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKA CALLS FOR PUNITIVE ACTION AGAINST CHILD RECRUITMENT
- 29 NOVEMBER 2006
COMMISSION
TO PROBE ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS APPOINTED - 24
NOVEMBER 2006
INDIAN
FOREIGN SECRETARY VISITS SRI LANKA - 24 NOVEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKA PROMOTION AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL ZOO TO COINCIDE WITH
KANDULA’S FIFTH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS - 21 NOVEMBER
2006
OFFICIAL
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE HON. (PROF) THISSA VITARANA CHAIRMAN,
ALL PARTY REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE (APRC) - 21 NOVEMBER
2006
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA DIRECTS TO SEND RELIEF SUPPLIES TO JAFFNA VIA
A 9 - 20 NOVEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKA PROMOTION AT THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL ZOO BEGINS WITH
LECTURE ON “THE CONSERVATION OF ASIAN ELEPHANTS IN
SRI LANKA AND BEYOND” - 17 NOVEMBER 2006
BUDGET
LAYS EMPHASIS ON INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT - 16 NOVEMBER
2006
SRI
LANKA CANDIDATE WINS ELECTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
LAW COMMISSION -
16 NOVEMBER 2006
GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORTS ESSENTIAL GOODS TO THE JAFFNA PENINSULA - 15
NOVEMBER 2006
GOVERNMENT
REGRETS THAT CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS MADE PUBLIC BY AMBASSADOR
ROCK HAS LED TO DISTORTED MEDIA REPORTS - 14 NOVEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKA’S SECOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO GIVE CONFIDENCE
TO INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLERS - 13 NOVEMBER 2006
SCOTLAND
YARD FOR PROBE INTO RAVIRAJ ASSASSINATION - PRESIDENT -
10 NOVEMBER 2006
WASHINGTON
NATIONAL ZOO AND SRI LANKA EMBASSY CELEBRATE THE FIFTH BIRTHDAY
OF BABY ELEPHANT ‘KANDULA’ - 08 NOVEMBER 2006
ADDRESS
BY AMBASSADOR BERNARD GOONETILLEKE AT THE US FOREIGN SERVICE
INSTITUTE -
31 OCTOBER 2006
GOVERNMENT
STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING OF TNA MP NADARAJAH RAVIRAJ -
10 NOVEMBER 2006
CO-CHAIRS
BRIEFED ON INCIDENT IN KATHIRAVELLI - 09 NOVEMBER 2006
SECURITY
FORCES COMPELLED TO NEUTRALIZE LTTE POSITIONS - 09 NOVEMBER
2006
SECOND
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
- 06 NOVEMBER 2006
STATEMENT
BY THE NORWEGIAN FACILITATOR, GENEVA - 29 OCTOBER 2006
GENEVA
TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA AND THE LTTE 28
- 29 OCTOBER 2006 -
29 OCTOBER 2006
AMBASSADOR
GOONETILLEKE RESPONDS TO BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL - 28 OCTOBER
2006
OPENING
STATEMENT BY MINISTER NIMAL SIRIPALA DE SILVA, HEAD OF DELEGATION,
GOSL - GENEVA TALKS OCTOBER 28,29, 2006 - 28 OCTOBER 2006
SLFP-UNP
SIGNS THE HISTORIC AGREEMENT - 23 OCTOBER 2006
ADDRESS
BY HON. MANGALA SAMARAWEERA, MP, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ON THE OCCASION OF THE FORMAL RAISING OF UN FLAG IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE 61ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS - 26 OCTOBER
2006
ESSENTIAL
ITEMS AIRLIFTED - 24 OCTOBER 2006
UNITED
STATES PROMOTING POLITICAL SOLUTION FOR SRI LANKA - 23 OCTOBER
2006
SEA
TIGERS FLEE IN THE FACE OF NAVY RETALIATION - 20 OCTOBER
2006
DEEPAVALI
MESSAGE FROM H.E. THE PRESIDENT - 20 OCTOBER 2006
THE
US ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD BOUCHER CALLS ON
PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA - 19 OCTOBER 2006
PALLONE
CONDEMNS BRUTAL ATTACK ON SRI LANKAN NAVY NEAR HABARANA
- 19 OCTOBER 2006
SRI
LANKA NAVY FOILS LTTE ATTACK ON NAVAL BASE - 18 OCTOBER
2006
AMBASSADOR
GOONETILLEKE RESPONDS TO NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL - 18 OCTOBER
2006
TARGETING
THE TAMIL TIGERS - 18 OCTOBER 2006
FIVE
SUICIDE BOATS ON MISSION TO ATTACK NAVAL BASE: THREE DESTROYED
BY NAVY -
18 OCTOBER 2006
GOVERNMENT
DENIES FOREIGN MEDIA REPORTS: ATTACK ON GALLE NAVAL HARBOUR
AVERTED -
18 OCTOBER 2006
US
SUPPORT FOR PEACE EFFORTS IN SRI LANKA - 17 OCTOBER 2006
GOVERNMENT
CONDEMNS BRUTAL ATTACK BY THE LTTE - 17 OCTOBER 2006
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COMMEMORATES RAMADAN - 17 OCTOBER 2006
REP.
FOSSELLA CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA - 16 OCTOBER
2006
UNITED
STATES CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMBING IN SRI LANKA - 16 OCTOBER
2006
STATEMENT
BY AMBASSADOR PRASAD KARIYAWASAM PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE
OF SRI LANKA TO THE UNITED NATIONS AT UNITED NATIONS GENERAL
ASSEMBLY, 61ST SESSION SIXTH COMMITTEE NEW YORK - 16 OCTOBER
2006
PRESIDENT
MEETS WITH PROPOSED GOVERNMENT DELEGATION FOR PEACE TALKS
IN SWITZERLAND - 13 OCTOBER 2006
MUHAMALAI
CALM AFTER HEAVY FIGHTING - 13 OCTOBER 2006
US
ARMY WAR COLLEGE HONOURS LIEUTENANT GENERAL PARAMI KULATUNGE
- 12 OCTOBER 2006
OFFICIAL
STATEMENT BY THE HON. PROF. TISSA VITARANA CHAIRMAN, ALL
PARTY REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (APRC) - 12 OCTOBER 2006
PEACE
EFFORTS IN SRI LANKA - 11 OCTOBER 2006
PRESIDENT
MEETS WITH CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS REGARDING PEACE TALKS -
10 OCTOBER 2006
SRI
LANKA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER REPORTED NUCLEAR TEST - 10
OCTOBER 2006
HEADS
OF MISSIONS CONFERENCE (HOMC) CONCLUDES - 06 OCTOBER 2006
GOSL
ACCOMMODATES SUGGESTION ON DATES FOR TALKS - 05 OCTOBER
2006
GOVERNMENT
REVIEWS NGO VISAS - 05 OCTOBER 2006
ADDRESS
BY PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA TO SRI LANKA’S DIPLOMATS
ABROAD, ON OCTOBER 4, 2006, OPENING THE THREE-DAY WORKSHOP
FOR MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE, ORGANIZED BY THE MINISTRY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - 04 OCTOBER 2006
SRI
LANKAN-AMERICANS DEMONSTRATE FOR PEACE IN SRI LANKA OPPOSITE
THE WHITE HOUSE - 04 OCTOBER 2006
SRI
LANKA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PALLONE STATEMENT - 02 OCTOBER
2006
ELECTION
OF SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UN - 29 SEPTEMBER 2006
MINISTRY
OF NATION BUILDING & ESTATE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
SENDS SHIPMENTS OF FOOD ITEMS TO JAFFNA - 26 SEPTEMBER 2006
SEA
TIGERS CONTINUE TO LOSE IN THE FACE OF THE NAVY RETALIATION,
ELEVEN TIGER BOATS SUNK, OVER 70 KILLED - 25 SEPTEMBER 2006
MINISTER
MANGALA SAMARAWEERA DEPOSITED INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION
EFFECTING SRI LANKA'S ACCESSION TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST
TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME - 26 SEPTEMBER 2006
MEETING
OF FOREIGN MINISTER MANGALA SAMARAWEERA WITH THE US SECRETARY
OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE IN NEW YORK - 24 SEPTEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
SPEAKS OF PEACE TALKS DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH BBC TAMIL
SERVICE -
22 SEPTEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY JOINS IN CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY
- 22 SEPTEMBER 2006
JUDGE
WEERAMANTY AWARDED UNESCO PRIZE FOR PEACE EDUCATION - 22
SEPTEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA ORDERS AN EXPEDITED INQUIRY INTO THE POTHUVIL
MASSACRE -
22 SEPTEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA ADDRESSES THE ASIA SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - 22 SEPTEMBER
2006
CHIEF
GOVERNMENT WHIP URGES HIS AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS TO EXERCISE
CAUTION IN SEPARATING THE REAL SITUATION IN SRI LANKA, FROM
THE DISINFORMATION BEING SPREAD BY THE LTTE AND ITS AGENTS
- 22 SEPTEMBER 2006
ADDRESS
BY HIS EXCELLENCY MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA - PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA AT THE SIXTY FIRST SESSION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEW YORK - 20 SEPTEMBER
2006
US
AMBASSADOR SAYS THAT THE US IS COMMITTED TO HELPING SRI
LANKA FIGHT TERRORISM -
19 SEPTEMBER 2006
HIGH
APPRECIATION FOR SRI LANKA’S COMMITMENT TO PEACE -
19 SEPTEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKA CALLS ON U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO EXERT PRESSURE
ON THE LTTE TO RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE IN GOOD FAITH
- 19 SEPTEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKA GOVERNMENT TAKES DECISIVE ACTION TO SAFEGUARD HUMAN
RIGHTS - 18 SEPTEMBER 2006
ABSOLUTELY
NO FOOD SHORTAGE IN JAFFNA - ESSENTIAL SERVICES - 18 SEPTEMBER
2006
PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA TO ADDRESS THE 61ST SESSION OF THE UNITED
NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY - 17 SEPTEMBER 2006
JOINT
NAVY AND AIR FORCE OPERATION DESTROYS WEAPON-CARRYING LARGE
LTTE VESSEL -
17 SEPTEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
URGES NAM LEADERS FOR NEW INNOVATIVE ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM
-
16 SEPTEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
TO ADDRESS NAM SUMMIT TODAY - 15 SEPTEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSA MEETS UN SECRETARY GENERAL AT NAM SUMMIT - 16
SEPTEMBER 2006
POVERTY
AND TERRORISM ARE TWIN EVILS - FOREIGN MINISTER MANGALA
SAMARAWEERA -
15 SEPTEMBER 2006
HOW
TO REFORM THE U.N., BY JAYANTHA DHANAPALA - WASHINGTON TIMES
- 15 SEPTEMBER 2006
GOVERNMENT
SEEKS COORDINATED APPROACH TO RESETTLEMENT IN MUTTUR TOWN
-
13 SEPTEMBER 2006
V.
ANADASANGAREE, WINNER OF THE 2006 UNESCO-MADANJEET SINGH
PRIZE FOR THE PROMOTION OF TOLERANCE AND NON-VIOLENCE -
13 SEPTEMBER 2006
SRI
LANKA RE-AFFIRMS WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN TALKS WITH THE
LTTE FOLLOWING A CLEAR COMMITMENT BY THE LTTE LEADER TO
A COMPREHENSIVE AND VERIFIABLE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES
- 13 SEPTEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA CALLS ON THE LTTE TO RENOUNCE TERRORISM
AND TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS TO PROMOTE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
- 13 SEPTEMBER 2006
CO-CHAIRS
CALL ON SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT AND LTTE TO URGENTLY MEET IN
OSLO AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER - 12 SEPTEMBER 2006
FOREIGN
MINISTER BRIEFS THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON PEACE PROCESS, SECURITY,
HUMANITARIAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES - 11 SEPTEMBER 2006
EU
CONDEMNS INTRANSIGENCE OF THE LTTE LEADERSHIP WHICH HASSUCCESSIVELY
REJECTED SEVERAL POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD - 07 SEPTEMBER 2006
INTERNATIONAL
INDEPENDENT GROUP OF, EMINENT PERSONS TO ACT AS OBSERVERS
OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO ABDUCTIONS, DISAPPEARANCES AND EXTRA
JUDICIAL KILLINGS -
06 SEPTEMBER 2006
TEN
TRUCKLOADS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES SENT TO THE NORTH UNDER ICRC
BANNER AS LTTE PREVENTS ENTRY - 05 SEPTEMBER 2006
TAMIL
REHABILITATION ORGANISATION - FREEZING OF BANK ACCOUNTS
- 05 SEPTEMBER 2006
PRESIDENT
DECLARES SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE SAMPUR - 04 SEPTEMBER 2006
INMATES
OF SENCHOLAI SPEAK - 03 SEPTEMBER 2006
SELECTIVE
TIMING OF SLMM RULING EXTREMELY QUESTIONABLE - 02 SEPTEMBER
2006
PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA MEETS WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY
BLAIR -
01 SEPTEMBER 2006
MORE
FOODSTUFFS TO JAFFNA - 31 AUGUST 2006
GOVERNMENT
REJECTS SPECULATIVE CONCLUSION BY SLMM ON KILLING OF AID
WORKERS IN MUTTUR - 30 AUGUST 2006
SLMM
BLAMES LTTE FOR KABITIGOLLEWA ATTACK - 29 AUGUST 2006
WAS
‘SENCHOLAI’ AN ORPHANAGE OR A LTTE TRAINING
CAMP? - 29 AUGUST 2006
GOVERNMENT
EFFORTS TO TRANSPORT ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES TO CIVILIANS IN
THE NORTH THWARTED BY THE LTTE - 29 AUGUST 2006
STATEMENT
TO PARLIAMENT BY HON. MANGALA SAMARAWEERA ON THE CURRENT
STATUS OF THE SECURITY SITUATION AND THE PEACE PROCESS -
25 AUGUST 2006
SRI
LANKA WELCOMES LTTE ARRESTS IN THE US - 22 AUGUST 2006
EIGHT
ARRESTED BY THE FBI & CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE
MATERIAL SUPPORT & RESOURCES TO THE LTTE - 22 AUGUST
2006
PRESIDENT
BRIEFS CO-CHAIRS OF TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE ON CURRENT SITUATION
-
22 AUGUST 2006
ACTING
HEAD OF MISSION FOR SLMM APPOINTED - 21 AUGUST 2006
SRI
LANKA MONITORING MISSION TO REGROUP IN COLOMBO TEMPORARILY
- 21 AUGUST 2006
GOVERNMENT
SENDS RELIEF SUPPLIES TO JAFFNA UNDER ICRC SUPERVISION -
21 AUGUST 2006
SRI
LANKA WELCOMES DECISION BY ICELAND TO INCREASE SLMM MONITORS
- 19 AUGUST 2006
SRI
LANKA IS COMMITTED TO PEACE AND DOORS ARE STILL OPEN TO
A NEGOTIATED POLITICAL SETTLEMENT - PRESIDENT - 19 AUGUST
2006
PRESIDENT
EXTENDS MEDICAL FACILITIES TO INJURED LTTE CADRES ON HUMANITARIAN
GROUNDS -
18 AUGUST 2006
MINISTER
SAMARAWEERA BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CROPS ON RECENT ESCALATION
OF LTTE TERROR ATTACKS - 17 AUGUST 2006
UNITED
STATES EXPRESSES SYMPATHY AND CONCERN - 15 AUGUST 2006
GOVERNMENT
CONDEMNS LTTE TARGETING THE PAKISTAN HIGH COMMISSIONER IN
COLOMBO -
14 AUGUST 2006
PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA CONDEMNS THE ASSASINATION OF MR. KETHISHWARAN
LOGANATHAN - 14 AUGUST 2006
DEPUTY
SECRETARY GENERAL OF SCOPP GUNNED DOWN BY THE LTTE - 14
AUGUST 2006
SLMM
CONDEMNS THE MURDER OF KATESH LOGANATHAN - 14 AUGUST 2006
GOVERNMENT
CONFIRMS ICRC CONVOYS CARRYING FOOD AND MEDICINE HAVE ALREADY
STARTED DISTRIBUTION AMONG AFFECTED FAMILIES - 14 AUGUST
2006
SRI
LANKA DEVELOPMENT BONDS (SLDBS) OVERSUBSCRIBED - 11 AUGUST
2006
MINISTER
SAMARASINGHE BRIEFS ACF OFFICIALS ON STATUS OF INVESTIGATION
INTO KILLINGS -
10 AUGUST 2006
LTTE
DISINFORMATION - THE FACTS - 10 AUGUST 2006
LATE
KADIRGAMAR ONE OF THE GRESTET LEADERS OF OUR TIMES - PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA -
10 AUGUST 2006
ARTILLERY
GUN CATCHES FIRE ACCIDENTALLY - 10 AUGUST 2006
LAKSHMAN
KADIRGAMAR INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND STRATEGIC
STUDIES (LKIIRSS) INAUGURATED - 10 AUGUST 2006
AUSTRALIAN
FORENSIC EXPERTS ASSIST SRI LANKA’S INVESTIGATION
INTO THE KILLING OF 17 LOCAL AID WORKERS IN MUTTUR - 09
AUGUST 2006
GOVERNMENT
STRONGLY CONDEMNS INCIDENT IN MUTTUR - 08 AUGUST 2006
LATEST
SITUATION ON THE DEATH OF ‘ACTION LA CONTRE FAIM’
(ACF) NGO WORKERS AT MUTTUR -
08 AUGUST 2006
SPECIAL
ENVOY JON HANSSEN BAUER DE-BRIEFS THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI
LANKA ON HIS VISIT TO KILINOCHCHI - 08 AUGUST 2006
SRI
LANKAN EMBASSY REFUTES WASHINGTON TIMES REPORT - 08 AUGUST
2006
BOMB
EXPLODES NEAR A SCHOOL IN COLOMBO - 08 AUGUST 2006
URGENT
RELIEF AID FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS) IN MUTTUR
ON PRESIDENT'S ORDER - 07 AUGUST 2006
SECURITY
FORCES CONTINUE ‘OPERATION WATERSHED’ - 06 AUGUST
2006
TIGER
ATTACK THWARTED - MUTTUR SAFE - 04 AUGUST 2006
SLMC
ASK LTTE TO RELEASE 100 DETAINED MUSLIMS - 04 AUGUST 2006
AMBASSADOR
GOONETILLEKE SAYS SRI LANKA WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO BLACKMAIL
BY THE LTTE ON THE WATER ISSUE IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE -
03 AUGUST 2006
SECRETARY-GENERAL
CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED VIOLENCE OVER SRI LANKA WATER
DISPUTE, CALLS FOR UNIMPEDED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO AFFECTED
POPULATION - 03 AUGUST 2006
REMARKS
MADE BY FOREIGN MINISTER MANGALA SAMARAWEERA TO THE DIPLOMATIC
COMMUNITY IN COLOMBO, ON 3RD AUGUST 2006, ON THE LTTE'S
FORCIBLE CLOSURE OF THE MAVIL ARU ANICUT AND THE LTTE'S
DECISION TO WITHDRAW SECURITY GUARANTEE TO EU MEMBERS OF
THE SLMM -
03 AUGUST 2006
LTTE
KILLS 10 MUSLIMS IN MUTTUR - 03 AUGUST 2006
NORWAY
URGES IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN SRI LANKA -
02 AUGUST 2006
TRUE
FACTS ON THE SITUATION IN MUTTUR - 02 AUGUST 2006
MAVIL
ARU: DENIAL OF WATER TO CIVILIANS - 02 AUGUST 2006
SRI
LANKA BECOMES THE 27TH PARTICIPANT TO JOIN ASEAN REGIONAL
FORUM (ARF) - 31JULY 2006
DENIAL
OF WATER TO CIVILIANS BY THE LTTE- BLATANT CONTRAVENTION
OF INTERNATIONAL LAW -
26 JULY 2006
STATEMENT
MADE IN PARLIAMENT BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HON.
MANGALA SAMARAWEERA -
21 JULY 2006
GOVERNMENT
STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN LEBANON - 21 JULY 2006
FIRST
BATCH OF SRI LANKANS TO BE REPATRIATED FROM LEBANON - 20
JULY 2006
SRI
LANKA AND CHINA JOINT PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ - 17 JULY
2006
AVOID
TRAVEL TO LEBANON - 16 JULY 2006
ANTI-MONEY
LAUNDERING EFFORTS OF SRI LANKA LAUDED AT 9TH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE ASIA PACIFIC GROUP ON MONEY LAUNDERING - 14 JULY
2006
USAID
MARKS 50 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH SRI LANKA - 13 JULY 2006
SRI
LANKA CONDEMNS THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN MUMBAI - 12 JULY
2006
SPEECH
BY H.E. THE PRESIDENT AT THE INAUGURAL JOINT MEETING OF
THE ALL PARTY REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE AND THE PANEL OF
EXPERTS ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM -
11 JULY 2006
FOREIGN
MINISTER ON OFFICIAL VISITS TO CHINA AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA
- 12 JULY 2006
THAMILCHELVAN’S
ACCUSATION: WHOSE DUPLICITY? - GOVERNMENT PRESS STATEMENT
- 08 JULY 2006
SRI
LANKA CALLS FOR GLOBAL ACTION TO COMBAT THREAT TO MARITIME
SECURITY BY TERRORIST GROUPS - 06 JULY 2006
INDIAN
FOREIGN SECRETARY SHYAM SARAN CALLS ON PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA
- 04 JULY 2006
PRESIDENT
ISSUES HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDELINES TO FORCES, POLICE - 02 JULY
2006
DEFENCE
SECRETARY IN WASHINGTON DC FOR BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS -
29 JUNE 2006
PANSAKULA
CEREMONY IN THE US FOR THE LATE MAJOR GENERAL PARAMI KULATUNGA
- 29 JUNE 2006
AMBASSADOR
GOONETILLEKE CALLS ON STATES THAT HAVE PROSCRIBED THE LTTE,
TO ALSO TAKE ACTION TO CURB ACTIVITIES OF ITS FRONT ORGANIZATIONS
- 28 JUNE 2006
SRI
LANKA PRESIDES OVER THE UN CONFERENCE ON ILLICIT TRADE IN
SMALL ARMS - 28 JUNE 2006
DEPUTY
CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE SRI LANKA ARMY, MAJOR GENERAL PARAMI
KULATUNGA KILLED IN SUICIDE ATTACK - 26 JUNE 2006
REPLACEMENT
OF SLMM MONITORS FROM EU COUNTRIES - 22 JUNE 2006
BILATERAL
TIES STRENGTHEN BETWEEN SRI LANKA - MALAYSIA - 23 JUNE 2006
MINISTER
SAMARAWEERA BRIEFS PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH - 23 JUNE
2006
SRI
LANKA RATIFIES THE REGIONAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON COMBATING
PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS IN ASIA( RECAAP)
- 21 JUNE 2006
PRESIDENT
HAS REITERATED HIS COMMITMENT TO A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
DESPITE PROVOCATIONS BY THE LTTE- MINISTER MANGALA SAMARAWEERA
- 20 JUNE 2006
LTTE’S
OSLO STATEMENT LACKS CLARITY AND IS MISPLACED - 18 JUNE
2006
MESSAGE
OF CONDOLENCE FROM PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA - 17 JUNE
2006
PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA VISITS THE KEBBETIGOLLAWA CLAYMORE VICTIMS
- 15 JUNE 2006
TERRORIST
ATTACK IN SRI LANKA - 15 JUNE 2006
PRIME
MINISTER OF NORWAY ASSURED TO FURTHER ENHANCE BILATERAL
COOPERATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - 13 JUNE 2006
ATTACK
ON CIVILIANS IS A BLATANT VIOLATION OF CFA - 15 JUNE 2006
GOVERNMENT
STRONGLY CONDEMNS KEBITIGOLLAWA ATTACK - 15 JUNE 2006
FOREIGN
MINISTER MANGALA SAMARAWEERA MEETING WITH HIS NORWEGIAN
COUNTERPART JONAS GAHR STORE IN OSLO - 12 JUNE 2006
GOSL
RESPONSE TO THE SLMM GENEVA REPORT - 09 JUNE 2006
LTTE
REFUSES TO MEET GOSL DELEGATION IN OSLO - 08 JUNE 2006
ESSENTIAL
ITEMS MUST MOVE TO NORTH & EAST WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS
- 08 JUNE 2006
A
NEW COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY COUNCIL, TO SET UP A FRAME WORK
FOR A LASTING SOLUTION ….. -
02 JUNE 2006
GOVERNMENT
TO PRESS AHEAD FOR A POLITICAL SOLUTION BASED ON DEMOCRACY
AND
HUMAN RIGHTS - 30 MAY 2006
CO-CHAIRS
WANT SRI LANKA BACK ON THE ROAD TO PEACE - 30 MAY 2006
ATTACK
ON INTERNATIONAL NGOS AN ACT OF TERROR - 22 MAY 2006
SRI
LANKA TO AIM FOR “HIGH END SPECIAL INTEREST TRAVELLERS”
FROM THE U.S. - 23 MAY 2006
GOVERNMENT
PRESS STATEMENT - 19 MAY 2006
REPORTS
ON THE LISTING OF THE LTTE - 19 MAY 2006
PRESIDENTIAL
ADVISOR CABRAAL RE-ITERATES PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA’S
FIRM BELIEF TO EVOLVE A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT TO THE ETHNIC
PROBLEM IN SRI LANKA - 18 MAY 2006
PRESIDENTIAL
ADVISOR AJITH NIVARD CABRAAL SAYS “SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT
IS READY, ABLE AND WILLING TO DISCUSS ALL ISSUES RELATING
TO A DEVOLVED SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE IN THE NORTH AND THE
EAST” - 16 MAY 2006
STATEMENT
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA - 15 MAY 2006
GOVERNMENT
CONDEMNS KILLINGS OF TAMIL CIVILIANS IN MANDATHIVU - 14
MAY 2006
US
CONDEMNS LTTE ATTACK ON LANKAN NAVY VESSELS - 13 MAY 2006
LTTE
ATTACK ON TROOP CARRIER - BLOW TO HUMANITY AND THE PEACE
PROCESS - 12 MAY 2006
OFFENSIVE
ACTION BY LTTE ON THE EVE OF VESAK - 12 MAY 2006
LTTE
IS SERIOUSLY VIOLATING THE CFA WITH SEA MOVEMENTS AND ATTACKS
ON SRI LANKAN NAVY -
11 MAY 2006
AMBASSADOR
GOONETILLEKE TELLS WASHINGTON TIMES LTTE DISTORTING INFORMATION
FROM SRI LANKA - 11 MAY 2006
GOVERNMENT
RESPONDS TO TNA ALLEGATIONS - 10 MAY 2006
ANTON
BALASINGHAM’S INTERVIEW TO REUTERS MISLEADING - 08
MAY 2006
SRI
LANKA ELECTED TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - 10 MAY 2006
SCOPP
CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UTHAYAN NEWSPAPER - 03 MAY 2006
JOINT
STATEMENT OF THE ALL PARTY CONFERENCE - 29 APRIL 2006
STATEMENT
BY THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE - 28 APRIL
2006
OBSERVATIONS
BY SLMM HEAD ON TRINCOMALEE & SAMPOOR - 28 APRIL 2006
FOREIGN
MINISTER CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON THE LTTE TO
STOP SUICIDE AND OTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS OR FACE INTERNATIONAL
SANCTIONS - 27 APRIL 2006
BRIEFING
TO DIPLOMATS BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - 26 APRIL 2006
PRESS
RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SRI LANKA MONITORING MISSION - SUICIDE
BOMB ATTACK IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - 25 APRIL 2006
SECRETARY-GENERAL
STRONGLY CONDEMNS SRI LANKA SUICIDE BOMBING - 25 APRIL 2006
ADDRESS
TO THE NATION BY H. E. PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA - 25
APRIL 2006
PRESS
RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE - 25 APRIL 2006
SECURITY
FORCES TAKE DETERENT MEASURES TO PREVENT FURTHER LTTE ATTACKS
- 25 APRIL 2006
CO-CHAIRS
DEPLORE ATTACK ON MILITARY CHIEF - 25 APRIL 2006
SUICIDE
BOMBER TARGETS ARMY COMMANDER - 25 APRIL 2006
"ALL
EFFORTS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE FACILITATOR AND THE
SLMM TO BRING THE LTTE TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE" -
22 APRIL 2006
SRI
LANKA DEPLORES CONTINUED RELUCTANCE OF THE LTTE TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE SECOND ROUND OF GENEVA TALKS - 21 APRIL 2006
CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION VISITS SRI LANKA, MEETS PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSE -
15 APRIL2006
GOVERNMENT
PRESS STATEMENT - 15 APRIL 2006
SECRETARY-GENERAL
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ESCALATING VIOLENCE, LOSS OF LIFE IN
SRI LANKA - 12 APRIL 2006
NORWAY
CONDEMNS THE LATEST ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA - 11 APRIL
2006
GOVERNMENT
PRESS STATEMENT - 11 APRIL 2006
CANADA’S
NEW GOVERNMENT LISTS THE LTTE AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
- 08 APRIL 2006
INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY MUST ENSURE TERRORIST GROUPS THAT ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS
STAY LOCKED ON - 07 APRIL 2006
CANDIDATE
PROMISES TO REFORM THE U.N. - THE WASHINGTON TIMES - 05
APRIL 2006
SRI
LANKA HOSTS CONCLAVE OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM
AND MONEY LAUNDERING EXPERTS - 04 APRIL 2006
JOINT
STATEMENT ON THE VISIT TO PAKISTAN OF HIS EXCELLENCY MAHINDA
RAJAPAKSA, PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA - 01 APRIL 2006
UPFA
WINS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS - 30 MARCH 2006
SLMM
CONDEMNS ATTACK ON NAVY AND WARNS BOTH PARTIES OF THE CURRENT
ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE - 26 MARCH 2006
SPEECH
MADE BY HON. MANGALA SAMARAWEERA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
IN BRUSSELS - 20 MARCH 2006
UNITED
STATES CONDEMNS KILLINGS IN SRI LANKA - 18 MARCH 2006
SRI
LANKA EMBASSY EMBARKS ON A PROGRAMME TO REACH OUT TO SRI
LANKAN EXPATRIATES LIVING IN THE US - 15 MARCH 2006
FOREIGN
MINISTER MANGALA SAMARAWEERA MEETS WITH TONY MCNULTY , BRITISH
MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT - 15 MARCH 2006
"CHALLENGES
FACED BY DEMOCRACIES LIKE SRI LANKA IN DEALING WITH TERRORISM"
- REMARKS BY HON. MANGALA SAMARAWEERA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS OF SRI LANKA AT THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
STRATEGIC STUDIES (IISS), LONDON - 15 MARCH 2006
TANG
JIAXUAN, STATE COUNCILLOR OF CHINA VISIT SRI LANKA - 15
MARCH 2006
APC:
PARTIES HOPE FOR REACHING CONSENSUS - 06 MARCH 2006
H.E.
THE PRESIDENT’S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE - 13 MARCH
2006
SRI
LANKA CONTRIBUTES TO THE CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND
(CERF) OF THE UNITED NATIONS - 09 MARCH 2006
WIPO
TO ESTABLISH “LAKSHMAN KADIRGAMAR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP”
- 03 MARCH 2006
CO-CHAIRS
WELCOME COMMITMENTS FROM GENEVA TALKS -
28 FEBRUARY 2006
SWITZERLAND
WELCOMES THE POSITIVE OUTCOME OF THE TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT
OF SRI LANKA AND THE LTTE IN GENEVA - 23 FEBRUARY 2006
STATEMENT
ON SRI LANKA - LTTE TALKS IN GENEVA - 23 FEBRUARY 2006
TALKS
BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA AND LTTE OPEN IN GENEVA
- 23 FEBRUARY 2006
THE
ARMY ONCE AGAIN SCOTCHES WEBSITE CANARD - 23 FEBRUARY 2006
ARMY
VEHEMENTLY DENIES LTTE STORY ON THE WEB - 22 FEBRUARY 2006
CO-CHAIRS'
WELCOME TALKS BETWEEN GOSL AND LTTE - 21 FEBRUARY 2006
UNITED
STATES SAYS "LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GENEVA TALKS"
- 16 FEBRUARY 2006
US
SUPPORTS YOUNG FILMMAKERS - 15 FEBRUARY 2006
SRI
LANKA NATION BUILDING BONDS (SLNBB) - 13 FEBRUARY 2006
SECRETARY-GENERAL
APPOINTS RADHIKA COOMARASWAMY OF SRI LANKA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT - 07 FEBRUARY 2006
NORWAY
TO FACILITATE TALKS IN GENEVA - 06 FEBRUARY 2006
SRI
LANKANS IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON AREA COMMEMORATE THE 58TH
SRI LANKA NATIONAL DAY -
05 FEBRUARY 2006
COLOMBO
BECOME THE FIRST PORT IN ASIA, AND ONLY THE SECOND PORT
IN THE WORLD TO IMPLEMENT BOTH MEGAPORT INITIATIVE AND CSI
- 26 JANUARY 2006
PRESIDENT
WELCOMES LTTE'S ACCEPTANCE OF GENEVA AS VENUE FOR TALKS
- 25 JANUARY 2006
REMARKS
TO THE PRESS BY UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS R.
NICHOLAS BURNS -
23 JANUARY 2006
EU CONDEMNS
ATTACKS ON SRI LANKA'S PEACE PROCESS - 20 JANUARY 2006
ALL
PARTY REPRESENTATIVES DECIDE UNANIMOUSLY TO COMMENCE PEACE
TALKS IMMEDIATELY -
19 JANUARY 2006
SECRETARY-GENERAL
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN
SRI LANKA ; URGES RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE, RESPECT FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS - 16 JANUARY 2006
THAI
PONGAL CELEBRATIONS AT THE WASHINGTON EMBASSY - 16 JANUARY
2006
US
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS NICHOLAS BURNS TO
VISIT SRI LANKA - 15 JANUARY 2006
TIME
TO TAKE A LEAF FROM THE ACEH STORY…BY MRS BENITA FERRERO-WALDNER,
COMMISSIONER FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- 12 JANUARY 2006
RETURN
TO WAR AT HIGH COST, US WARNS SRI LANKA'S TIGERS
- 10 JANUARY 2006
AUSTRALIA
CONDEMNS FURTHER SRI LANKAN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT VIOLATIONS
- 10 JANUARY 2006
PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE MEETS DONOR CO-CHAIRS - 09 JANUARY 2006
US
APPRECIATIVE OF THE RESTRAINT SHOWN BY THE SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT,
IN THE FACE OF GRAVE PROVOCATION - 06 JANUARY 2006
MINISTER
SAMARAWEERA BRIEFS SECRETARY RICE ON DEVELOPMENTS IN SRI
LANKA - 05 JANUARY 2006
US
SENATOR LUGAR SAYS SRI LANKA HAS THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE
US CONGRESS AS IT SEEKS TO MOVE THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD
- 04 JANUARY 2006
NEW
YEAR MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA - 02 JANUARY
2006
2005
INDIA
SRI LANKA JOINT PRESS STATEMENT - 30 DECEMBER 2005
NEWS
RELEASE - CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION - 30 DECEMBER 2005
TSUNAMI
HOUSING BY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - 30 DECEMBER 2005
INDIAN
PRESIDENT HOLDS BANQUET IN HONOUR OF SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT
- 28 DECEMBER 2005
US
DEPARTMENT OF STATE PRESS STATEMENT - 27 DECEMBER 2005
THE
FOURTH TAMIL TIGER CLAYMORE MINE ATTACK CLAIMS LIVES OF
ELEVEN SOLDIERS - 27 DECEMBER 2005
GOVERNMENT
PRESS STATEMENT - 27 DECEMBER 2006
ADDRESS
TO THE NATION BY H E THE PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA AT
THE FIRST YEAR COMMEMORATION OF THE TSUNAMI DEVASTATION
- 26 DECEMBER 2005
JAYANTHA
DHANAPALA APPOINTED MEMBER OF SIPRI GOVERNING BOARD - 26
DECEMBER 2005
ASSASSINATION-
AN ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY - 25 DECEMBER 2004
ATTACK
ON SRI LANKAN NAVY ON MANNAR ISLAND 23 DECEMBER 2005 - 24
DECEMBER 2005
CO-CHAIRS
EXPRESS DEEP CONCERN ABOUT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE - 24 DECEMBER
2005
LTTE
ATTACKS ON SRI LANKA NAVY BUS - 23 DECEMBER 2005
GOVERNMENT
CONDEMS LTTE ATTACK ON SRI LANKA NAVY BOATS NEAR MANNA -
22 DECEMBER 2005
CO-CHAIR
MEETING - FINAL STATEMENT, BRUSSELS - 19 DECEMBER 2005
ATTACK
ON AN UNARMED SLAF HELICOPTER ON THE 14TH OF DEC 05 - SRI
LANKA MONITORING MISSION (SLMM) - 17 DECEMBER 2005
SRI
LANKA-NORWAY JOINT STATEMENT - 15 DECEMBER 2005
AMBASSADOR
JAYANTHA DHANAPALA, SRI LANKA’S CANDIDATE FOR THE
POST OF SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONSMEETS HON.
TARO ASO, THE JAPANESE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
15 DECEMBER 2005
SRI
LANKA ELECTED TO MIGRANT WORKERS COMMITTEE -
12 DECEMBER 2005
SRI
LANKA - VIOLATIONS OF THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT - U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF STATE - 05 DECEMBER 2005
SRI
LANKA GOVERNMENT STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING OF SIX ARMY PERSONNEL
IN CLAYMORE MINE ATTACK AT KONDAVIL - 04 DECEMBER 2005
FORMER
U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON PRAISES SRI LANKA'S POST-TSUNAMI
EFFORTS - 01 DECEMBER 2005
PRESIDENT
RAJAPAKSE APPOINTS PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTERS - 22 NOVEMBER
2005
PRESIDENT
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA SWORN-IN - 19 NOVEMBER 2005
AMBASSADOR
GOONETILLEKE SAYS EXAMINATION OF PAST FAILURES NECESSARY
IN ORDER TO HAVE FUTURE PROGRESS IN THE SRI LANKA PEACE
PROCESS - 04 NOVEMBER 2005
EMBASSY
OF SRI LANKA COMMEMORATES RAMADAN - 04 NOVEMBER 2005
SRI
LANKAN SITAR VIRTUOSO PERFORMS AT THE KENNEDY CENTER - 04
NOVEMBER 2005
SRI
LANKA AND US SIGN ANTI-TERROR AGREEMENT - 28 OCTOBER 2005
FOREIGN
MINISTER ANURA BANDARANAIKE ON OFFICIALVISIT TO MALDIVES
- 20 OCTOBER 2005
TSUNAMI
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS -
04 OCTOBER 2005
EUROPEAN
UNION DECLARATION CONDEMNING TERRORISM IN SRI LANKA - 26
SEPTEMBER 2005
PRESIDENT
KUMARATUNGA URGES DONOR GOVERNMENTS AND NGOs TO COMPLETE
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN TOWARDS TSUNAMI RECOVERY WITHOUT FURTHER
DELAY - 23 SEPTEMBER 2005
SRI
LANKA CONTRIBUTES AN ADDITIONAL US $ 25,000 TOWARDS HURRICANE
KATRINA RELIEF -
23 SEPTEMBER 2005
STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE IN
SUPPORT OF THE PEACE PROCESS IN SRI LANKA, NEW YORK - 19
SEPTEMBER 2005
PRESIDENT
CHANDRIKA BANDARANAIKE KUMARATUNGA'S ADDRESS TO THE 60TH
SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK - 17 SEPTEMBER
2005
PRESIDENT
CHANDRIKA BANDARANAIKE KUMARATUNGA'S ADDRESS AT THE HIGH-LEVEL
PLENARY MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS,
NEW YORK - 15 SEPTEMBER 2005
"FOR
LARGER FREEDOM: PURSUIT OF PEACE IN SRI LANKA " - HER
EXCELLENCY CHANDRIKA BANDARANAIKE KUMARATUNGA - ASIA SOCIETY,
NEW YORK - 14 SEPTEMBER 2005
AMBASSADOR
DHANAPALA URGES SRI LANKAN TAMIL DIASPORA TO PLAY AN ACTIVE
ROLE IN MODERATING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE LTTE - 12 SEPTEMBER
2005
AMBASSADOR
DHANAPALA CALLS FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN
THE SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS, AT A BRIEFING ON CAPITOL HILL
- 09 SEPTEMBER 2005
AMBASSADOR
DHANAPALA CALLS ON THE U.S. AND OTHER DONOR CO-CHAIRS TO
ENSURE THAT THE LTTE ABANDONS TERRORISM AND RESPECTS DEMOCRACY
AND HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS -
09 SEPTEMBER 2005
SRI
LANKA HANDS OVER DONATION TO AID HURRICANE SURVIVORS AND
HOLDS RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES TO REMEMBER THE DEAD - 06 SEPTEMBER
2005
SRI
LANKA EXPRESSES SYMPATHY ON HURRICANE DEVASTATION AND MAKES
TOKEN CONTRIBUTION OF $25,000 TOWARDS RELIEF - 01 SEPTEMBER
2005
SINO-SRI
LANKA RELATIONS-BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA - PRESIDENT
- 31 AUGUST 2005
FOREIGN
MINISTER ANURA BANDARANAIKE ON OFFICIALVISIT TO INDIA -
26 AUGUST 2005
MINISTER
ANURA BANDARANAIKE ASSUMES OFFICE AS FOREIGN MINISTER -
24 AUGUST 2005
ASSASINATION
OF FOREIGN MINISTER LAKSHMAN KADIRGAMAR - 19 AUGUST 2005
AMBASSADOR
GOONETILLEKE SAYS, UNITED STATES NEEDS TO SEND A STRONG
MESSAGE TO THE LTTE - 16 AUGUST 2005
FOREIGN
MINISTER LAKSHMAN KADIRGAMAR ASSASINATED - 12 AUGUST 2005
VIDAR
HELGESEN CALLS ON PRESIDENT - 04 AUGUST 2005
SRI
LANKA WELCOMES IRA STATEMENT RENOUNCING VIOLENCE - 29 JULY
2005
SRI
LANKA WELCOMES UN SC RESOLUTION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
IN ARMED CONFLICT -
28 JULY 2005
TOKYO
DONOR CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS CALL ON PRESIDENT - 25 JULY 2005
SRI
LANKA PRESENTS PROPOSALS FOR THE MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT
FUNDING - 15 JULY 2005
PRESIDENT
APPEALS FOR CALM AND RESTRAINT IN TRINCOMALEE - 14 JULY
2005
POST-TSUNAMI
OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE (P-TOMS) SIGNED - 26 JUNE
2005
P-TOMS
SIGNED - 24 JUNE 2005
BEIJING
SERVICE LAUNCHED BY SRI LANKAN AIRLINES - 23 JUNE 2005
STATEMENT
BY AMBASSADOR BERNARD A.B. GOONETILLEKE, AT THE WASHINGTON
NETWORK FOR POST - TSUNAMI PEACE BUILDING ROUNDTABLE SERIES
HELD IN WASHINGTON DC - 16 JUNE 2005
POLITICAL
SOLUTION ONLY WAY - PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA - 17 JUNE 2005
US
SECRETARY OF STATE RICE SAYS US GOVERNMENT “SUPPORTS
SRI LANKA IN ITS EFFORT TO EVOLVE A JOINT MECHANISM”
AND “RECOGNIZED AND APPLAUDED SRI LANKA’S COMMITMENT
TO DEMOCRACY” - 03 JUNE 2005
PRESIDENT
BUSH SAYS SRI LANKA HAVING EXPERIENCED TERRORISM AND PERSEVERED,
UNDERSTANDS THE THREAT THAT TERRORISM POSES TO DEMOCRACY
AND THE WORLD - 27 MAY 2005
VESAK
DAY AT THE SRI LANKA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC - 23 MAY 2005
DONOR
PLEDGES AT DEVELOPMENT FORUM TOP US$ 3 BILLION - 18 May
2005
TAFREN
CHAIRMAN TITTAWELLA SAYS POST-TSUNAMI ACTION PLAN WILL SERVE
AS A CATALYST IN MOVING THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD - 12 MAY
2005
ONE
MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE BUSH-CLINTON HOUSTON TSUNAMI FUND
FOR CHILDREN IN SRI LANKA AFFECTED BY THE TSUNAMI - 06 MAY
2005
FINANCE
MINISTER AMUNUGAMA APPRECIATES INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
TO SRI LANKA DURING THE TSUNAMI CRISIS AT WORLD BANK-IMF
SPRING SESSIONS - 18 APRIL 2005
AMBASSADOR
GOONETILLEKE WELCOMES HEALTHY DEBATE ON PROPOSED ANTI-CONVERSION
LEGISLATION, SAYS IT IS AIMED AT AVOIDING THE ISSUE SPIRALING
OUT OF CONTROL LEADING TO GREATER SOCIAL UNREST - 15 APRIL
2005
AMBASSADOR
GOONETILLEKE COMMENCES DUTIES IN WASHINGTON - 12 APRIL 2005
2004
THE
PEACE PROCESS IN SRI LANKA - 19 NOVEMBER 2004
CONGRESSMAN
LEACH VIEWS WITH ALARM VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA - 08 OCTOBER
2004
THE
PEACE PROCESS IN SRI LANKA - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE -
01 OCTOBER 2004
"WE
DO HAVE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT SO THAT IT COULD
BE IN A POSITION TO NEGOTIATE EFFECTIVELY. WE PROVIDE THE
TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT PUTS IT IN A GOOD POSITION TO NEGOTIATE."
- AMBASSADOR BLACK - 08 SEPTEMBER 2004
STATE
DEPARTMENT COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL VISITS SRI LANKA -
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SRI LANKA - 07
SEPTEMBER 2004
AIR
MARSHAL PERERA IN HAWAII - 30 AUGUST 04
VIOLENCE
AND THE PEACE PROCESS IN SRI LANKA - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
STATE - 19 AUGUST 04
HUMANITARIAN
DEMINING STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS VISIT SRI LANKA - EMBASSY
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SRI LANKA - 09 AUGUST 2004
PACIFIC
MARINE CORPS COMMANDER VISITS SRI LANKA - EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SRI LANKA - 06 AUGUST 2004
U.S.
- SRI LANKAN COOPERATION TO ENHANCE SAFETY, SECURITY, AT
COLOMBO PORT - EMBASSY
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SRI LANKA - 16 JULY 2004
U.S.
AND SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENTS CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMBING - 09
JULY 2004
PASSING
AWAY OF FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD WILSON REAGAN - 07 JUNE
2004
AMBASSADOR
SUBASINGHE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT VICENTE FOX
QUESADA OF MEXICO - 18 MAY 2004
SRI
LANKA ELIGIBLE FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT (MCA) ASSISTANCE
IN FY04 - 06 MAY 2004
U.S.
COAST GUARD TEAM VISITS SRI LANKA - EMBASSY OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, SRI LANKA - 05 JANUARY 04
2003
SRI
LANKA: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE’S MEETING WITH MINISTER
FOR ECONOMIC REFORM, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MILINDA MORAGODA
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE - 29 DECEMBER 03
JOINT
STATEMENT ON THE VISIT OF HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER RANIL
WICKREMESINGHE TO INDIA OCTOBER 19-21, 2003 - 21 OCTOBER
03
THIRD
MEETING OF THE JOINT COUNCIL ESTABLISHED UNDER THE TRADE
AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (TIFA) - 10 OCTOBER 03
REDESIGNATION
OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
STATE -
02 OCTOBER 03
SRI
LANKA: STATUS OF LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM - U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE -
02 OCTOBER 03
WASHINGTON
NOTES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF PEACE PROCESS - EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SRI LANKA - 16 SEPTEMBER 03
SRI
LANKA: RIGHTS GROUPS SAY LTTE-LINKED KILLINGS CONTINUE WITH
IMPUNITY - 07 AUGUST 03
SRI
LANKA: STATUS OF THE PEACE PROCESS - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
STATE - 06 AUGUST 03
ACCREDITATION
OF NEW DEFENCE ATTACHÉ - 30 JULY 03
REMARKS
(AS PREPARED) BY RICHARD L ARMITAGE - DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
STATE - SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR JEFFREY J. LUNSTEAD AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE
TO SRI LANKA AND THE MALDIVES -
28 JULY 2003
SRI
LANKA - A NEW TIGER IN THE MAKING - 18 JULY 03
EMBASSY OF
SRI LANKA AND AMERICAN RED CROSS FLOOD RELIEF FOR SRI LANKA
- 22 MAY 03
SRI
LANKA REGRETS IRAQ'S LACK OF COMPLIANCE WITH UN RESOLUTIONS
AND URGES A QUICK END TO THE MILITARY ACTION - 20 MARCH
03
AMBASSADOR
SPEAKS AT SPECIAL PEACE MASS - 01 MARCH 03
HON.
PRIME MINISTER ON MEDIA FREEDOM AT COMMONWEALTH PRESS UNION
- TRANS ASIA HOTEL, COLOMBO - 25 FEBRUARY 03
ADDRESS
BY PRESIDENT CHANDRIKA BANDARANAIKE KUMARATUNGA AT THE XIITH
CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT OF THE NON-ALIGNED
MOVEMENT - KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
- 24 FEBRUARY 03
LIGHTING
OF LAMPS TO COMMEMORATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT
-
21 FEBRUARY 03
ARMITAGE
OUTLINES U.S. RATIONALE IN SUPPORTING SRI LANKA'S PEACE
PROCESS DESPITE OVERWHELMING COMPETING INTERESTS - 14 FEBRUARY
03
AMBASSADOR
SUBASINGHE SAYS SRI LANKAN EXPATRIATE COMMUNITY "THE
GREATEST ASSET" IN REACHING OUT THROUGH THE LENGTH
AND BREADTH OF THE U.S. - 04 FEBRUARY 03
POWELL
SAYS U.S. COMMITTED TO SUPPORT SRI LANKA NOT ONLY BY WORD,
BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF SUBSTANCE - 17 JANUARY 03
UNITED
STATES - SRI LANKA JOINT MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISES - 15
JANUARY 03
FOURTH
ROUND OF PEACE TALKS CONCLUDED - 10 JANUARY 03
CONSULAR
INFORMATION COMES ONLINE - 03 JANUARY 03
2002
US
ASSISTANT COMMERCE SECRETARY URGES SRI LANKA TO DIVERSIFY
ITS EXPORT BASE -
20 DECEMBER 02
US
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE VISITING SRI LANKA - 19
DECEMBER 02
AMBASSADOR
DESIGNATE SAYS SRI LANKA PROVIDES A POTENTIAL MODEL IN CONFLICT
RESOLUTION
TO THE WORLD - 11 DECEMBER 02
UN
SECRETARY GENERAL APPLAUDES OSLO TALKS - 06 DECEMBER 02
US
GOVERNMENT HAILS PROPOSAL FOR A FEDERAL STRUCTURE WITHIN
A UNITED SRI LANKA AS "EXTREMELY POSITIVE" - 05
DECEMBER 02
AGREEMENT
IN OSLO TO EXPLORE POLITICAL SETTLEMENT BASED ON FEDERAL
STRUCTURE WITHIN A UNITED SRI LANKA - 05 DECEMBER 02
THIRD
SESSION OF PEACE TALKS BEGINS - 02 DECEMBER 02
PM
SAYS SOLUTION TO THE ETHNIC PROBLEM AND RELATED ISSUES TRANSFERRED
"FROM THE BATTLE FIELD TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE"
- 29 NOVEMBER 02
ARMITAGE
SAYS THE US " STANDS READY TO PLAY ITS PART "
FOR PEACE IN SRI LANKA - 26 NOVEMBER 02
WHITE
PAPER FOR OSLO MINI DONOR CONFERENCE FOR NORTH AND EAST
RELEASED -
25 NOVEMBER 02
SRI
LANKA AND US AGREE NOT TO EXTRADITE EACH OTHERS NATIONALS
TO THE ICC - 22 NOVEMBER 02
US
DEPUTY TRADE REPRESENTATIVE SAYS SRI LANKA PEACE BID WOULD
BOOST TRADE AND INVESTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY - 20 NOVEMBER
02
FOREIGN
MINISTER VISITS INDONESIA - 28 OCTOBER 02
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