Rajpaksa briefs Modi on Sri Lanka’s reconciliation process

Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa has briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sri Lanka’s initiatives to achieve reconciliation with the Minority Tamil community, as they held wide-ranging talks in New Delhi on a host of issues. “President Rajapaksa described the initiatives Sri Lanka has taken with regard to rehabilitation, resettlement, reconstruction and the ongoing reconciliation process in the country,” the President’s Office here said in a statement.

“Both agreed that talks between the fishermen and the meeting of the joint committee of officials must continue,” the statement said.

Prime Minister Modi expressed the view that SAARC must focus on common issues that can benefit the region and reflect our concerns on a global platform, the statement said.

Rajapaksa was invited along with other SAARC leaders for Modi’s swearing-in ceremony held on Monday.

The LTTE was defeated in a military campaign in 2009, ending a nearly three decades-long civil war in the country.