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US to press for political reconciliation in
Lanka
Washington:
Observing that a lot needs to be done in Sri
Lanka, Obama Administration's point man for
South Asia today said the US would continue to
press for the "political reconciliation" with
the ethnic Tamil community. Assistant
Secretary of State for South and Central Asia
Robert Blake said there has been an improvement
in access to the internally displaced persons
after the end of the war between the Tamil
Tigers and Lankan security forces.
"Overall access has improved since the immediate
aftermath of the fighting, but more progress is
needed," he said in his testimony before the
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle
East and South Asia.
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"We continue to press the Sri Lankan government to grant
humanitarian relief organizations full and unfettered
access to the internally displaced persons residing in
camps in the north, and to engage in political
reconciliation with Sri Lanka's Tamil minority," Blake
said. "The actions the Sri Lankan government takes
now, in the aftermath of the war, with respect to both
humanitarian relief and political inclusions for
minorities, will be important
