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POWELL SAYS U.S. COMMITTED TO SUPPORT SRI LANKA NOT ONLY BY WORD, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF SUBSTANCE
SL Embassy - USA,
January 17.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said, the United States Government was closely following developments in Sri Lanka and was committed to support Sri Lanka not only by word, but also in terms of substance.
Secretary Powell made this observation when he welcomed Sri Lanka's new Ambassador to the United States of America Devinda R. Subasinghe, who called on the US Secretary of State on Friday, 17th January, to present copies of his credentials. He was accompanied by Ambassador J.D.A. Wijewardena, Charge dAffaires, a.i. This protocol requirement under the United States system precedes his formal presentation of credentials to US President George W. Bush at a formal credential ceremony to be held at the White House, at a date to be determined by the White House. With the presentation of copies of credentials, the Ambassador becomes the functional head of mission.
Welcoming Ambassador Subasinghe, Secretary Powell noted that the new Ambassador was no stranger to Washington D.C. and the United States. He wished him every success in this new appointment and observed that his familiarity with this country will help further strengthen bi-lateral relations.
Ambassador Subasinghe responding said he was honored to have the opportunity to be representing Sri Lanka in a country where he had studied and worked for over 25 years, and pledged that he would do his utmost to further a more enduring relationship between Sri Lanka and the United States. The Ambassador conveyed to Secretary Powell, the appreciation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe for the role played by the United States in support of the Peace Process and economic development in Sri Lanka. He also extended an invitation from the Prime Minister to Secretary Powell, to visit Sri Lanka. Secretary Powell recalled his short but pleasant visit to the island in 1983 with then Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger and Richard Armitage, the current Deputy Secretary of State. Secretary Powell said he was looking forward to visiting Sri Lanka once again.
An investment banker by profession, Ambassador Subasinghe, prior to this appointment was Vice President of the Florida based Ramond James Financial Inc. He holds a MA in International Economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University and has previously served with the World Bank Group including the International Finance Corporation.
Published: Fri Jan 17 23:21:40 EST 2003
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ASK DR. SWAMY!
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Dr. Subramanian Swamy
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The Lanka Academic is delighted to announce its next guest in its
series of Q & A sessions: Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President,
Janata Party, India. We are indeed gratified by his appearence at The
Lanka Academic to answer questions from our readers.
We hope our readers would avail themselves of this opportunity to
educate themselves on the Indian perspective on the on-going peace
process and the other developments in all spheres of politics
with respect to India and Sri Lanka.
Submit your questions for Dr. Swamy and view his answers here. As usual, we will forward your questions to him
in batches and will post the answers as they arrive.
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BBC site hacked for LTTE song
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,
SLT 8. 30 a.m Saturday 18 January.
BBC says that the hacking of its software system, used to obtain the votes
of the public for compilation of the international top 10 songs has resulted
in a LTTE patriotic song entering fourth place. According to a report in the
Daily Mirror today the BBC has sated this to the Sri Lankan High Commission
in London. They have informed the High Commission that their software device
used to set up a voting system where not more than one vote could be
accommodated from each computer had been hacked. Earlier the foreign
ministry in Sri Lanka said that they would have to remind the BBC of the
state of the Tamil Tiger organization in Britain and would not like a
friendly country to propagate a terrorist song in the country. The BBC has
informed the Sri Lankan High Commission that they had not nominated the
Tiger songs on the top 10 list.
Published: Fri Jan 17 21:33:10 EST 2003
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Japan to host donors'meet for Sri Lanka
The Hindu (International),
Saturday, Jan 18, 2003.
Japan, Sri Lanka's single largest donor, will host an international donors conference in early June to raise funds to give financial muscle to the Sri Lankan peace process but stick to its policy of dealing only with the Government to assist island-wide development projects. The exact dates for the conference, scheduled to be held in Tokyo, are to be announced in a few days, but diplomatic sources told The Hindu that it will be ``after the G8 Summit'' to be held in France between June 1 and 3.
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Published: Fri Jan 17 15:32:01 EST 2003
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