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Committee (APRC) next week and finally a consensus solution
will be put forward. The President also pledged to ensure
that this solution would be acceptable to the majority
of the population.
He also told the US Under Secretary
that special attention is being paid to complaints of
abductions and disappearances and the Presidential Commission
continues to investigate them.
Under Secretary Boucher appreciated
the remarks made by the President with reference to
human rights during his address to the SAARC Summit
and specially commended the President’s call for
a joint anti-terrorist strategy for the region.
He also condemned the LTTE air attack
on the Katunayake Air Base and promised to give maximum
US support to Sri Lanka’s effort to achieve peace.
Foreign Affairs Minister Rohitha
Bogollagama, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga,
Foreign Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona and Sri Lankan
High Commissioner in New Delhi Romesh Jayasinghe also
participated in t he discussion.
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