UN Chief talks Lanka’s post-war agenda with President
General Ban Ki-moon discussed Sri Lanka’s post-war agenda with newly- elected President Maithripala Sirisena who recorded a stunning victory in the bitterly-contested presidential election that ended the 10-year rule of Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Ban, who is currently on a three-day trip to India, spoke on the phone with Sirisena, the UN chief’s deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters here today.
The UN chief congratulated Sirisena’s election and the successful conclusion of the presidential polls. Ban and Sirisena discussed the “President’s 100-day plan and Sri Lanka’s post-war agenda. The Secretary-General affirmed continuous support by the UN to Sri Lanka,” Haq said.
Last week, Ban had welcomed the constitutional transfer of power in Sri Lanka, applauding the Sri Lankan Elections Commission for its professionalism in ensuring a “peaceful and credible election,” according to a statement released by Ban’s spokesman.
The UN chief had also commended the efforts of the candidates, including those of Rajapaksa, law enforcement agencies and civil society for upholding and respecting democratic governance.
The statement had said that Ban looked forward to working with Sirisena and that the UN would continue to support development, reconciliation, political dialogue and accountability in Sri Lanka.
The South Asian island nation has experienced a spate of ethnic and sectarian attacks since its 30-year civil war which pitted the government against Tamil insurgents ended in 2009.
Most recently, a tide of violence and recrimination against Sri Lanka’s Muslim and Christian communities by Buddhist groups with extremist views has threatened to divide the country once again, PTI reports.
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He looks relieved after all.
Ban ki-Moon is another p***** of USA, doing its dirty work. USA wants to punish MR for defying US order to stop the final war against LTTE in April 2009 and to let US navy rescue them to take to another country. The LTTE were US and British tools to establish US supremacy in SE Asia. USA and UN will now manipulate MS to handover Hon MR and Defence Chiefs to be tried for alleged ‘war crimes’etc. Will he do this to our war heroes who rid the country of the world’s fiercest terrorists group? THAT WOULD BE THE WORST BETRAYAL IN SL HISTORY.
USA has committed most heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity since the end of WW2. But UN is powerless to try US Presidents and Defence Chiefs for these crimes. UN is picking on small countries such as SL on false allegations made by USA in revenge for defying US authority. If Ban ki-Moon fails to carry out US orders he will be assassinated as Dag Hamersjoeld was assassinated by CIA.