British parliamentarians visits Jaffna

A British parliament delegation, which began a one week visit to Sri Lanka yesterday, will visit the north of the country today, British Parliamentarian Simon Danczuk, who is part of the delegation

He said that the delegation will also have talks with government and opposition members in the country as well as civil society members.

The MP said that a meeting has also been scheduled with President Mahinda Rajapaksa but the meeting is yet to be confirmed.

Last week Britain had issued a virtual ultimatum to the Sri Lankan government saying if there is insufficient progress on Sri Lanka’s own commitments on addressing human rights related Britain will look for a strong and unified response at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva

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