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Forget differences to help tsunami victims - EC Vice President by Deepal Warnakulasuriya 'A bipartisan approach by all parties is the best solution to assist the tsunami-affected people ensuring the Ceasefire Agreement and working towards peace,' European Commission (EC) Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy Vice President Margot Wallstorm told the media after a three-day visit in Sri Lanka. The EC Vice President reiterated the EU's commitment to Sri Lanka and its continued support to the country's rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. She urged all parties to join to rebuild the damages brought by the tsunami, implying that it would pave the way for positive signs among international community who look at Sri Lanka. The Vice President also reiterated the importance of a structure like P-TOMS. She further urged all the concerned parties to respect the Ceasefire Agreement as well as the P-TOMS at this crucial time. In her visit, she met President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Foreign Affairs Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, Finance and Planning Minister Sarath Amunugama, several other party leaders, NGO and civil society representatives. At the meeting she had with the Foreign Affairs Minister she was impressed by the efficient provisions of immediate relief. The Minister had elaborated to the Vice President the measures being taken to identify and allocate lands for those who had lost their dwellings due to the tsunami. Flexible buffer zone regulations, Judicial process on the P-TOMS and several other related topics had been discussed there. She had assured that EU would certainly work constructively with tsunami relief arrangements. According to her, the EC hopes that the tsunami relief and rehabilitation operations will promote peace while strengthening the observance of human rights and fundamental freedom. |
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