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Minister Peiris continues Washington Visit with meetings on Capitol Hill, invites Legislators to visit Sri Lanka

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Sri Lankan Caucus Co-Chairs of the US Congress representative Chris Van Hollen (Democrat-Maryland),
Robert Aderholt (Republican-Alabama), welcome Professor G.L . Peiris, Minister of External Affairs and
the Sri Lanka delegation at the entrance to the US Capitol

WASHINGTON (May 16, 2012) -- Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris, took part in a series of Capitol Hill meetings Wednesday on the second of his four-day official visit to Washington, discussing with members of the House of Representatives Sri Lanka’s progress in post-conflict reconciliation and development, as well as reform measures that are designed to ensure a lasting peace.
 

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External Affairs Minister Prof. G L Peiris: Deputy Chairman of Committees I would like to ask, what are the policies that have yielded these results? The world has accepted justice, the fairness and the correctness of the foreign policy that has been pursued by...

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, this is basically a Debate on Indo-Sri Lanka relations. That was the manner in which the Motion was presented to this House by the Hon. Vijitha Herath. I would like to say that the first requirement at this time is rationality. We must be cerebral....

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