Hague to meet Karu

 Friday, 08 November 2013 

British Foreign Secretary and 

First Secretary of State, W

illiam Hague is to meet with the Chairman of the UNP leadership council, Karu Jayasuriya during his visit to Sri Lanka to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

Jayasuriya who maintains cordial ties with the international community and the diplomatic community in the country is to meet with foreign dignitaries to brief them about the current political situation in the country and the latest developments in the main opposition UNP.

Jayasuirya is also expected to travel to India to meet with members of the Indian government as well.

Keheliya hopes Callum will change

November 9, 2013

Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says he hopes controversial producer Callum Macrae will get a different picture about Sri Lanka following his visit to the country for the Commonwealth summit.

He said that Macrae will be visiting the country together with some 30 other British journalists and they are likely to accompany British Prime Minister David Cameron to the North.

The Minister said that despite India refusing to grant Callum Macrae a visa to attend the premier of a Sri Lanka war crimes video, the Sri Lankan government had no issues on granting him the visa despite having reservations about him.

“Our stand on him has not changed but we hope by coming to Sri Lanka he will see the real picture and have a change of opinion,” the Minister said.

The Minister however noted that the government is ready to face the possibility of Macrae and Channel 4 using the opportunity to arrive in Sri Lanka for the summit and produce another video negative towards the government.(Colombo Gazette)