05-27-2004, 02:58 PM
Armitage to visit Brussels to discuss Sri Lanka peace process
Associated Press, Wed May 26, 2004 17:42 EDT . - - WASHINGTON, May 26 (Kyodo) U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will visit Brussels from next Monday to June 2 to discuss the current status of peace process in Sri Lanka - with officials from Japan, the European Union and Norway, the State Department said Wednesday. ''The donor co-chairs will review their assistance efforts, discuss humanitarian and basic reconstruction assistance to the war-devastated areas of the country, and express support for a resumption of peace talks between the government of Sri Lanka - and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which have been suspended since April 2003,'' State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in a statement.
During his stay in Brussels, Armitage will also hold talks with North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials to prepare for the NATO summit in Istanbul in late June and meet with EU foreign and security policy chief Javier Solana, Boucher said.
Associated Press, Wed May 26, 2004 17:42 EDT . - - WASHINGTON, May 26 (Kyodo) U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will visit Brussels from next Monday to June 2 to discuss the current status of peace process in Sri Lanka - with officials from Japan, the European Union and Norway, the State Department said Wednesday. ''The donor co-chairs will review their assistance efforts, discuss humanitarian and basic reconstruction assistance to the war-devastated areas of the country, and express support for a resumption of peace talks between the government of Sri Lanka - and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which have been suspended since April 2003,'' State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in a statement.
During his stay in Brussels, Armitage will also hold talks with North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials to prepare for the NATO summit in Istanbul in late June and meet with EU foreign and security policy chief Javier Solana, Boucher said.
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