Thursday, April 30, 2009

Access to NFZ not feasible: Rajapaksa

B. Muralidhar Reddy
Miliband, Kouchner discuss fate of civilians with Sri Lankan President
— PHOTO: AFP

Firsthand assessment: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband listens to Tamil women at Kadirgamh camp for displaced people in Chettikulam on Wednesday. (Right) French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visiting the camp.

(TH)COLOMBO: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday and exchanged views on the condition of the two lakh civilians sheltered in temporary government camps. They also discussed the fate of civilians stranded in the No-Fire Zone (NFZ). Full text