Tamil issue is being resolved - Prasad Kariyawasam
September 18, 2013 08:48 am
The Tamil issue
in Sri Lanka is in the process of being resolved and the country’s government
is trying to find a solution to alleged human rights violations, Sri Lankan
High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said today.
Kariyawasam said
that peace reigned in the island nation now and the government was finding a
political solution to demands and problems raised by ethnic communities, which
would be of satisfaction to all of them.
“There is no
violence now. We are in the process of reconciliation. Further elections are
being held in the provinces. Now it is on the way to find a political solution
that satisfies all communities,” he said on the sidelines of a programme at the
Maha Bodhi Society of India here.
Asked about allegations
of human rights violations involving the Tamils, Kariyawasam told PTI, “Those
allegations are there. But we have set up a Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation
Commission which, we hope, has gone into all those and gave us recommendations
and the government will implement it.”
“The allegations
are there. But we are taking care to find solution to the issues raised by
those allegations.
Tamils are our
brothers and they are an integral part of Sri Lanka,” he said.
The high
commissioner underlined the significance of Buddhism in determining the
India-Sri Lanka bilateral relationship, saying Buddhism was an umbilical cord
to the ties between the two countries, PTI reports.
