President to brief Indian leaders on APRC progress

by Visu KARUNANITHY

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will brief Indian leaders on the progress made by the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) when he visits India this week, said Minister of Science and Technology and Chairman of the APRC Prof. Tissa Vitharana.

Prof. Vitharana commenting on the APRC process which has been expedited said that the APRC is holding two meetings per week to reach an early resolution. “We are happy with the progress that has been made by the APRC.

So far concessions have been reached on ninety per cent of the issues tabled at the APRC. We are confident that the rest of the ten per cent issues will also be resolved favourably”, Prof Vitharana said.

Declining to comment on the date of the release of the final report,Prof Vitharana said that it could be expected soon.