Lankan officials paint true picture in Geneva

The current situation in Sri Lanka was explained in length to the foreign and Sri Lankan journalists in Geneva when Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, Secretary to the Ministry of Human Rights and Disaster Management and Secretary General, Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process and Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office in Geneva, addressed the press on the current situation in Sri Lanka.

The press conference on the topic `Current Situation in Sri Lanka’, (24 April 2009) held at ‘La pastorale’, Geneva, was organized by The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office in Geneva, in collaboration with the Geneva Press Club - Club Suisse de la presse.

They explained the background to the ongoing war in Sri Lanka and recalled some of the major incidents occurred during the past three decades. Dr. Jayatilleka and Prof. Wijesinha also responded to a number of questions raised by the journalists on the present situation in the north, and especially on the civilians, both those who are still held by the Tigers and those who have managed to escape and come to the Government-controlled area seeking the refuge of the armed forces.