Colombo Informer

UN envoy wants to visit The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns has said he wants to visit Sri Lanka. In a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ahead of its 23rd session scheduled for next week, Heynes … Full News here – Read more on Colombo [...]

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Canada to send a special envoy Canada will dispatch a special envoy to see for himself the ground situation in Sri Lanka before the government decides on the level of its participation at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November. Special Envoy to the … Full News here – Read more on Colombo [...]

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High SL military intelligence protection marks Chinese envoy visit to Jaffna The visit of the Chinese ambassador in Colombo, Wu Jianghao, to Jaffna on Thursday was conspicuous of the SL military intelligence protection he was getting, perhaps the highest a foreign visitor to Jaffna was getting in recent times, news sources in … Full News [...]

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US envoy to visit Sri Lanka to discuss war report COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A senior U.S. official is visiting Sri Lanka this week to discuss how it plans to implement recommendations of a war commission on alleged abuses in the country's civil war. A State Department release says U.S. Assistant Secretary … Full News [...]

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Sri Lanka recalls its envoy to KL KUALA LUMPUR: SRI Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia K. Godage has been recalled to Colombo after falling afoul of his External Affairs Ministry over a seemingly sympathetic ear to pro-Tamil Sri Lankan groups here. The 76-year-old veteran diplomat … Full News here – Read more on New Straits [...]

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