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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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05COLOMBO1088 | SRI LANKA'S JOINT MECHANISM: DEBATES OVER THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Political parties and citizens continue to debate the Joint Mechanism (JM) for tsunami relief, and although the President continues to express her determination to go forward with the JM, she has not yet done so. Various parties are criticizing the JM, and the longer she waits [...] | 2005-06-20 12:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1089 | TRINCOMALEE STILL RESTIVE; BUDDHA STATUE STAYS FOR [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Court of Appeals suspended until June 30 the Trincomalee Magistrate's decision to remove all unauthorized religious statues, including a controversial Buddha statue erected by a pro-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) union, from Trincomalee town (REFTEL). Despite the rel [...] | 2005-06-20 12:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1100 | Post-Tsunami Struggles for Sri Lankan and [...] Summary: Six months after the December 26 tsunami, Sri Lanka's tourist industry is lagging. According to major tour operators, tourist arrivals have fallen sharply in 2005. While the government has reported an 8% increase in arrivals in the first 5 months of 2005, tour operators say that m [...] | 2005-06-22 09:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD CE MV |
05COLOMBO1101 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable provides information for the June 23 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Maldives Update --------------- 2. (SBU) We are still waiting for Government of Maldives (GORM) Planning Department feedback for potential projects. Nonetheless, given Washington guidance that uses for the mo [...] | 2005-06-22 09:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO1112 | NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON JOINT [...] (C) Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen told donors on June 23 that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will sign a controversial agreement to coordinate tsunami aid with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) early June 24. The so-called "joint mechanism" agreement is also exp [...] | 2005-06-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1113 | UNICEF SEES DECLINE IN LTTE RECRUIMENT OF CHILDREN [...] (U) The recruitment of child soldiers by the Liberation Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE) has significantly and steadily declined since January, according to reports received by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The LTTE recently renewed its promise to halt underage recruiting in a June 1 [...] | 2005-06-24 03:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1116 | JOINT MECHANISM SIGNED BY GSL, PARLIAMENT [...] (C) According to sources in the Presidential Secretariat, M.S. Jayasinghe, the Secretary of the Ministry of Relief, Rehabilitation, and Reconciliation (RRR),signed the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),also known as the Joint Mechanism (JM) for tsunami aid distribution, [...] | 2005-06-24 07:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1119 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: USAID/DART [...] The USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Program Officer, USAID/Colombo Humanitarian Assistance Program Manager (HAPM) and USAID/Colombo Development Outreach and Communications Officer (DOC) traveled to Galle and Matara districts from June 13 through 15 to monitor USAID/OFDA [...] | 2005-06-27 05:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1122 | SRI LANKA: GSL WILL REFLECT ON US PRIORITIES FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador delivered Reftel demarches to Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara on June 24. Palihakkara indicated that the GSL will likely vote in favor of the framework resolution that increases the Security Council to 24 members. He said that his government might consider [...] | 2005-06-27 06:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC KUNR CE |
05COLOMBO1127 | Special Media Reaction: Predictable Coverage of [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan media provided widespread prominent editorial coverage of the June 24 signing of the Joint Mechanism (Post-Tsunami Management Structure, P-TOMS) between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in high circulation Sunday edition newsp [...] | 2005-06-27 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1128 | SRI LANKA: COALITION CRACKING, CHAUVINISTS [...] (C) Three days after the Government signed an agreement to coordinate tsunami aid with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),opposition to the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),also known as the "joint mechanism," among President Chandrika Kumaratunga's political [...] | 2005-06-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1149 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHES ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-30 11:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CE KUNR PGOV PREL UN |
05COLOMBO1151 | SRI LANKA: WHAT COMES AFTER THE P-TOMS? [...] (C) President Chandrika Kumaratunga's decision to sign the controversial Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),also known as the "joint mechanism," has clearly surprised her political allies and enemies alike, leaving many of them scrambling to strategize next moves. In the [...] | 2005-06-30 12:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1153 | SRI LANKA: CHRISTIAN PASTOR RECOUNTS JUNE ATTACK [...] (U) Poloffs and POL FSN traveled to Ambalangoda in Galle district on June 28 to follow up a reported attack on an Assembly of God property on June 5 and 6. Pastor Yogesh Mudalige of the Assembly of God church complained that police, despite being made aware of the June 5 attack, failed to pre [...] | 2005-07-01 05:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM CE |
05COLOMBO1155 | Maldives - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] On June 4 and 5, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Information Officer traveled to the Republic of Maldives (ROM) to assess the recovery efforts and monitor the USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) funded tsunami recovery activities. During the visit, the [...] | 2005-07-05 05:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE UNICEF |
05COLOMBO1157 | NEGOTIATIONS ON ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] Legislation and regulation of research and collection of biological resources: Sri Lanka does not have a unified set of laws that cover all aspects of research and specimen collection on biological and genetic resources. Several articles and provisions of legislation address research aspect [...] | 2005-07-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SENV TBIO CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1158 | SRI LANKA NOT OPPOSED TO SETHUSAMUDRAM SHIP CANAL [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is reconciled to the implementation of the Sethusamudram project as it is within the territorial waters of Sri Lanka. This project proposes the linking of the Arabian sea with the Bay of Bengal by dredging shallow waters to the north of Sri Lanka, th [...] | 2005-07-05 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD SENV CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1159 | SRI LANKA WILL SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON NEW [...] Embassy presented Ref A demarche to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 24. As reported Ref B, at that time the MFA could provide no specific response. 2. On June 28 the Embassy received a diplomatic note by fax from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicating Governm [...] | 2005-07-05 11:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP MNUC TRGY CE IAEA |
05COLOMBO1160 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION UNP BEGINS MOVEMENT TO [...] (U) Summary. On July 2 the Opposition United National Party kicked off a ten-day march to protest the high cost of living and demand presidential elections this year. Their movement, which began July 2 and will run through July 12, seems to be a campaign for future elections, be they preside [...] | 2005-07-05 11:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1169 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ANTI-CONVERSION BILL MOVES [...] (SBU) According to D.W. Abeywickrema, Secretary at the Ministry of Buddhist Affairs, the Government-drafted anti-conversion bill, which was approved by the Cabinet in March (Ref B),was sent to the Government Printer on July 5 for publication in the Parliamentary Gazette. (Note: Being "gaze [...] | 2005-07-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF CE |
05COLOMBO1180 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (JULY [...] (U) This cable provides information for the July 7, 2005 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Maldives Update --------------- 2. (SBU) Fathmath Nuzuha, Assistant Undersecretary of External Resources Management at the Ministry of Finance and Treasury has informed the embassy that the GORM wants to [...] | 2005-07-07 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO1182 | SRI LANKA: MUSLIM LEADER RALLYING OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem continues to urge members of his community to oppose the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),also known as the "joint mechanism," signed by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...] | 2005-07-07 12:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1183 | LICENSING CONDITIONS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] In Sri Lanka, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) charges fees in connection with licensing fixed line services in excess of what is required to cover administrative expenses. The level of fees depends on the type of license to be issued and licensing conditions. [...] | 2005-07-07 17:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD CE |
05COLOMBO1190 | SRI LANKAN PARLIAMENT PASSES SUPPRESSION OF [...] (U) On July 7 in a vote of 81-21, the Sri Lankan parliament passed a bill giving effect to the Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist Financing. 2. (U) The quorum of 102 parliamentarians voted along political lines with the ruling Sri Lankan Freedom Party, main opposition United Natio [...] | 2005-07-08 06:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1198 | SRI LANKA NOT DECIDED ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Ambassador raised issue of G-4 Framework Resolution on UNSC Expansion with Foreign Secretary Palihakkara on July 8, using points in reftel. Ambassador added that we recognized that Sri Lanka had given public support to the G-4's proposal for UNSC seats, but that this did not necessarily [...] | 2005-07-11 05:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE UNSC |
05COLOMBO1209 | SRI LANKA SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-13 05:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CE UNGA |
05COLOMBO1216 | CALLS FOR ELECTIONS AS THE UNP MARCHES THROUGH [...] (U) As the opposition United National Party (UNP) concluded its 10-day Janbala Meheyuma (People's Power March) to Colombo on July 12, the party focused on pressuring the Commissioner of Elections Dayananda Dissanayake to call for Presidential elections this year (Ref A). Continued silence f [...] | 2005-07-13 11:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
05COLOMBO1217 | SRI LANKA RESPONDS TO LTTE ULTIMATUM AND OTHER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1218 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (JULY [...] (U) This cable provides information for the July 13, 2005 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Maldives Update --------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Maldives (GORM) informed Econoff that Riluwan Shareef, Executive Director of the Ministry of Finance, met with the Ministry of Planning on July [...] | 2005-07-13 13:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO1224 | LTTE CLOSES FIELD OFFICES AMID CEASE FIRE [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have ordered all political cadres to close field offices in the Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts of the Eastern Province and return to LTTE headquarters in Kilinochi, Northern Province. The LTTE has also ordered all 22 Tamil National Allian [...] | 2005-07-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1229 | PRESIDENT SAYS SHE NEEDS TO FIND WAY TO STOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a conversation with the Ambassador, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga expressed her surprise at the gazetting of a Government drafted anti-conversion bill and indicated she would try to find a way to stop the bill from moving forward. In response to the bill's gazet [...] | 2005-07-15 05:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF PHUM CE |
05COLOMBO1245 | SRI LANKA WILL "CONSIDER US DEMARCHE" ON G-4 [...] (SBU) Sumedha Ekanayake, the Foreign Ministry's Assistant Director of UN and Multilateral Affairs, told poloff in a July 14 phone conversation that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will vote in favor of the G-4 Framework Resolution at the UN General Assembly. However, the GSL will not co-spo [...] | 2005-07-18 06:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CE UNGA |
05COLOMBO1247 | SRI LANKA QUALIFIES FOR EU GSP PLUS BENEFITS [...] Summary: Sri Lanka is among a group of 14 developing countries which qualified for duty free access to European Union (EU) under the EU GSP plus scheme from July 1, 2005. As a result, most Sri Lankan exports from apparel (Sri Lanka's main export) to ceramics will be eligible to enter EU mark [...] | 2005-07-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO125 | SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES - EARTHQUAKE AND [...] As of January 13, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,899 people in Sri Lanka. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted assessments in Ampara District and Trincomolee to view the damage caused by the earthquake [...] | 2005-01-17 04:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1253 | World Bank Report Details Weaknesses of Sri [...] Summary: The World Bank issued its long-delayed report on education in Sri Lanka at a conference in Colombo June 30, painting a grim picture of the state of education in a country once known for its relatively progressive and equitable system. The study, compiled in the past year by a team [...] | 2005-07-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO EAID OIIP PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1255 | SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS TEMPORARY STAY ON [...] (SBU) In response to petitions filed by members of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, a three-member panel of the Supreme Court (SC) granted a temporary stay order for four key sections of the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS) on July 15 (Reftel). Despit [...] | 2005-07-18 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1258 | DETERIORATING SECURITY ALARMS CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) The July 15 ruling by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court (SC) concerning a constitutional challenge to the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS) (SEPTEL) combined with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) refusal of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ultimatum to increase [...] | 2005-07-18 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1261 | POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 RENEWALS [...] Following is post review on the overall grant for Sri Lanka under the Global Fund. Due to limited time available for responses, this cable will provide general comments on the performance of the Global Fund for Tuberculosis and Malaria collectively, based on post discussion with key stakehold [...] | 2005-07-19 03:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV TBIO CE COSI |
05COLOMBO1284 | HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION (HMA) FY06 COUNTRY [...] U.S. Funds Expended : $11,937,000 (through FY2005) 2. A total of 503 officer and enlisted ranks have completed the basic demining course. Also 202 officers and enlisted ranks have completed additional demining instruction and management courses, basic and advance trauma courses as well a [...] | 2005-07-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID MARR MOPS PREF PREL CE MAS LTTE |
05COLOMBO1286 | LTTE STIFFS NORWEGIANS ON CEASEFIRE TALKS, PTOMS [...] (C) Summary: The LTTE told Norwegians they will not hold talks on ceasefire with Government until it disarms all paramilitaries. The Tigers also said they were not willing to change any part of the PTOMS agreement. The two sides continue to work with the SLMM to solve the transportation iss [...] | 2005-07-22 06:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE |
05COLOMBO1291 | PRESIDENT SAYS GOVERNMENT WILL ABIDE BY CEASEFIRE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-chairs told President Kumaratunga ceasefire was under threat, that LTTE bore brunt of blame for ceasefire violations, but that current upsurge of violence in East required both sides to take steps. Kumaratunga said she had given orders to security forces to not attack LTTE, bu [...] | 2005-07-25 11:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE |
05COLOMBO1292 | PRESIDENT PROMISES ANTI-CONVERSION BILL WILL NOT [...] (C) Ambassador and other Chiefs of Mission from Tokyo Co-Chairs (UK for EU, Norway, Japan) called on President Kumaratunga July 25 to discuss Peace Process issues. At the end of that discussion Ambassador said he wanted to raise a separate issue, that of the anti-conversion bill. Foreign Min [...] | 2005-07-25 11:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1315 | PROVINCIAL COUNCILS LACK FISCAL AUTONOMY TO [...] (U) Provincial Councils PCs have limited revenue generating capabilities and are dependent on the central government for funding. Transfers to the PCs do not meet the amount required to fulfill their responsibilities. Corruption remains a widely recognized problem within the PCs. Consequent [...] | 2005-07-28 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1316 | UNICEF REPORTS SPIKE IN LTTE CHILD RECRUITMENT IN [...] (U) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a press statement saying there has been a significant increase in the number of reports concerning child recruitment by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the month of July. Since the tsunami, UNICEF had seen a considerable [...] | 2005-07-28 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1318 | SRI LANKA: CONTROVERSY OVER END DATE OF [...] (U) Summary. Controversy abounds in Sri Lanka about the date President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's term of office ends. While the Constitution allows a single person to hold two six-year terms as president, the document is vague regarding the rules if the incumbent calls for early e [...] | 2005-07-29 03:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1331 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable provides information for the August 3, 2005 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Maldives Update --------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Maldives (GORM) still has not submitted plans for using USG funds. The Planning Ministry gave a July 17 deadline to the line ministries for s [...] | 2005-08-01 10:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO1332 | US OPPOSITION TO ANTI-CONVERSION BILL HEADLINES [...] (U) On July 31 a Sunday Times newspaper's front-page headline read "US warns Lanka on religious bill." The article, which listed no author or sources, cited Christine Rocca's meeting with Sri Lankan Ambassador to the US Bernard Gunatilleke. It purported that Rocca warned that if the Sri Lank [...] | 2005-08-01 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
05COLOMBO1335 | IPR SEMINARS IN COLOMBO HIGHLIGHT ISSUES [...] Summary: A series of USPTO sponsored Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) seminars were held in Colombo on July 23 and 25 when Professor William O. Hennessey of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, and Timothy Browning, Attorney-Advisor with the Office of Enforcement, Depart [...] | 2005-08-01 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID ECON CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1354 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION QUESTION HEATS UP [...] (U) Summary. On August 1, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) announced current Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse as its presidential candidate and named Anura Bandaranaike (the President's brother),now the Minister for Tourism and Investment Promoti [...] | 2005-08-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1366 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
05COLOMBO1367 | TSUNAMI VICTIMS STILL NEED ADEQUATE PERMANENT HOUSING [...] (SBU) July 18-20, poloff visited Galle, Ambalangoda, Ambalantota, Matara, and Hambantota to investigate the status of tsunami relief. In meetings with various government agents (GAs),non-governmental organizations (NGOs),and USAID officers, interlocutors reported that there is still a str [...] | 2005-08-04 11:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV SCUL SOCI CE |
05COLOMBO1374 | VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN JAFFNA [...] Two or three SLA soldiers entered a barbershop at Inuvil junction in Jaffna. One barber is killed and another reported injured. Stories include an accidental shooting, or a dispute between a soldier and a barber, or a dispute between a soldier and an officer getting his hair cut with the ba [...] | 2005-08-05 05:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1375 | Sri Lanka to apply for a sovereign rating [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is getting ready to apply for a sovereign debt rating. The rating is expected to facilitate debt financing and improve awareness of Sri Lanka in international fixed income markets. Sri Lanka is one of few countries in the region without a sovereign [...] | 2005-08-05 06:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1396 | SRI LANKA: THESE TIGERS DON'T PURR: ANALYSIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) exercise de facto control over parts of northern and eastern Sri Lanka, and the LTTE claims to have created a separate and fully functional government infrastructure within the areas it controls. These institutions include political [...] | 2005-08-10 07:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PHUM PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1404 | PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY DEEMS SRI LANKA [...] Summary. Sri Lankan health authorities are discussing a new National Medicinal Drug Policy (NMDP) that would theoretically preserve access to low-cost, essential medicines. The main selection criteria for drugs under this new policy will include cost-effectiveness, need, quality, safety and [...] | 2005-08-11 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAID CE WTO |
05COLOMBO1408 | IRAN/IAEA: SRI LANKA ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH TEHRAN [...] (S) Charge' called on Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar August 11 and reviewed with him Ref A talking points calling for firm IAEA action against Iran. Kadirgamar said he shared the U.S. and EU sense of urgency and said the Foreign Ministry would review the U.S. points closely w [...] | 2005-08-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PARM PREL IR EU CE |
05COLOMBO1417 | SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER KILLED BY SUSPECTED [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was shot by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins at his Colombo home between 10:30 - 11:00 p.m. local time on August 12. He died shortly after midnight August 13. The cold-blooded killing of this prominent, vocally an [...] | 2005-08-12 21:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1419 | SRI LANKA: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOLLOWING [...] (U) President Chandrika Kumaratunga declared a state of emergency the morning of August 13 following the killing of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins the previous night (Ref A). The measure, which gives police and military ex [...] | 2005-08-13 05:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1424 | WB/ADB report highlights constraints in Sri [...] Summary: According to a recent Asian Development Bank (ADB)/World Bank (WB) investment climate assessment, Sri Lankan firms have identified sharply deteriorated infrastructure (electricity and transport) and cost of finance as major constraints for doing business. Urban firms also cite econ [...] | 2005-08-15 05:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EAID CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1425 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT WANTS BOTH CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sri Lankan government (GSL) wants the international community to crack down further on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the wake of the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar but also insists somewhat contradictorily that it remains committed to [...] | 2005-08-15 05:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1428 | Special Media Reaction: Assassination of Foreign [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Kadirgamar's assassination has been the overwhelming focus of all media since late Friday night, with homages and retrospectives repeatedly broadcast on TV stations and printed in the press. Despite the public anger and shock over the slaying, however, the media [...] | 2005-08-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1440 | SRI LANKA: HELGESEN BRIEFS CO-CHAIRS ON NORWEGIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian facilitators have shared with the co-chairs a constructive plan for putting the burden on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the next steps in the peace process while also heading off rash actions by the government (GSL). The Norwegians will give LTTE [...] | 2005-08-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NO CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1446 | SRI LANKA: ELECTION COMMISSIONER INDICATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to a case filed by the opposition Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party with the Supreme Court (SC),Election Commissioner (EC) Dayananda Dissanayake on August 15 affirmed that President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's second term began in December 1999--a tacit ackn [...] | 2005-08-17 09:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CE |
05COLOMBO1448 | INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: While security forces continue to investigate the murder of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Kadirgamar, human rights groups urge restraint under the State of Emergency (SOE). Meanwhile, Tamil leaders complain the SOE and checkpoint inspections are an undue trauma on the Tamil people a [...] | 2005-08-17 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1451 | Leading Tamil Announcer and Husband Murdered in [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram (Ref A)and several alleged death threats received by other prominent Tamil journalists (Ref B),a well-known Tamil radio and television personality and her husband -- a former member of the Pe [...] | 2005-08-18 07:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1453 | SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN FACILITATORS SEND LETTER TO [...] (C) Summary. In their August 17 meeting with LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham in London, Norwegian FM Petersen and DFM Helgesen passed a letter to LTTE leader Prabhakaran (text below). At GSL request, EU missions in Colombo will recommend to Brussels that the EU designate the LTTE as a te [...] | 2005-08-18 09:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NO CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1459 | LTTE SUSPECT ARRESTED IN MURDER OF POLICE [...] Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre "Gopi" was arrested following a gun battle on August 17, in Jaffna during a joint security forces operation for the August 5 murder of the police superintendent . The gun fight slightly wounded one officer and mortally wounded another. A heavy s [...] | 2005-08-18 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO146 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 16, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,920 people in Sri Lanka. The U.S. Military continues to engage in debris removal and clean-up activities in Galle and assist in the transport of relief supplies throughout Sri L [...] | 2005-01-19 03:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1460 | LTTE AGREES TO MEET WITH GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-19 02:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NO CE |
05COLOMBO147 | MALDIVES - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] According to the Maldives National Disaster Management Center (NDMC),as of January 18, the earthquake and tsunamis killed 82 people and 26 residents are missing. A key priority is to re-equip and repair health centers. The U.S. Military's primary objective in Maldives is to provide potable [...] | 2005-01-19 08:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO1485 | ALL IN THE FAMILY: SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT APPOINTS [...] (C) On August 22 President Chandrika Kumaratunga appointed Anura Bandaranaike, her younger brother and Minister of Tourism, Foreign Minister. The move is viewed largely as a consolation prize for Bandaranaike after he failed to gain his party's--and his sister's--approval as the next preside [...] | 2005-08-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1492 | SRI LANKA ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 2005 [...] Summary: GDP growth slowed to 4.8 percent in the first quarter of 2005, against 6.4 percent for the same period in 2004. While the Central Bank says the growth momentum (to achieve growth over 5 percent) is continuing as expected, high inflation is a major worry. A recovery in agriculture [...] | 2005-08-25 08:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1493 | SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WANTS TALKS WITH TIGERS AT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 12. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) Nearly a week after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed to talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to strengthen the Ceasefire Agreement, details regarding the timing, venue and le [...] | 2005-08-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE NO LTTE |
05COLOMBO1501 | NOTIFICATION UNDER CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT FOR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE GRANT AGREEMENT NO.498-0045.83, TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IN SRI LANKA [...] ON JULY 25, 2005, THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PLANNING OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA SIGNED SUBJECT AGREEMENT WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING OF U.S. DOLLARS 57,123,052 (FIFTY SEVEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE THOUS [...] | 2005-08-26 04:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE NOTAG |
05COLOMBO1503 | SRI LANKAN SUPREME COURT DECIDES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) On August 26 a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that presidential elections must take place between October 28 and November 22, 2005. The decision, rendered in response to a petition filed by the opposition Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party, ends months of speculation whether po [...] | 2005-08-26 07:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1508 | SRI LANKAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: JVP PONDERS [...] (C) Following the August 26 Supreme Court decision that presidential elections must be held by November 22 (Reftel),the nationalist Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is facing a fierce internal debate about whether to support Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate and current Prime M [...] | 2005-08-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1512 | NORWEGIANS SEEK INSTRUCTIONS FROM OSLO IN FACE OF [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar told Charge' August 30 that he is seeking instructions from Oslo on how to proceed in the face of continuing public criticism of the Norwegian peace process facilitation role. Brattskar confided he is particular angry about public comments new Foreign [...] | 2005-08-30 07:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NO CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1514 | SRI LANKA: REQUEST FOR ELECTION SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4. 2. SUMMARY: Post requests funding in the amount of USD 400,000 to support local NGO efforts to monitor and observe upcoming presidential and/or general elections. Because of initial uncertainty surrounding the length of incumbent President Cha [...] | 2005-08-30 09:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1522 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN [...] (C) Charge' raised reftel situation of Uighur Guantanamo detainees with Foreign Ministry Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara August 31 and asked SIPDIS for Sri Lankan assistance. Palihakkara replied that "we'd like to do it," but that accepting the Uighurs would "create problems with our Chine [...] | 2005-08-31 05:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CE |
05COLOMBO1523 | Grenade attack on pro-LTTE newspaper office shakes [...] (U) Summary: Two men threw two grenades into the premises of the Sudar Oli newspaper office in Colombo August 29, killing one and injuring three. Sudar Oli, an unapologetically pro-LTTE paper, was the object of an unsuccessful grenade attack on one of its Colombo branch offices on August 20, [...] | 2005-08-31 07:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PTER PHUM EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1539 | VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA'S EAST: SUNSET FOR THE CEASE [...] (SBU) Immediately following Foreign Minister Kadirgamar's assassination (Reftel B),there were few reports of Cease-Fire Agreement (CFA) violations. However, in recent days, there have been a number of such violations in the East. The non-governmental Foundation for Co-Existence (FCE) has r [...] | 2005-09-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1540 | NOW MORE THAN EVER: SLFP OFFICIAL INDICATES PARTY [...] (C) Still unsure of either the election date or whether it can count on support from its former coalition partner, the Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),President Chandrika Kumaratunga's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will kick off its hurried presidential campaign with a [...] | 2005-09-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1542 | SRI LANKA: NAME, TITLE AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) This message conveys updated contact information for the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs. FOREIGN MINISTER LAST NAME: Bandaranaike FIRST/MIDDLE NAMES: Anura CONVENTIONAL USAGE: Foreign Minister Anura Bandaranaike FORMAL TITLE: Minister of Foreign Affairs ( [...] | 2005-09-02 05:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1547 | SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT URGES EU TERRORIST [...] (C) In a September 2 meeting, Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara briefed Charge' on the status of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to persuade the European Union to proscribe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization and to review possible funding flows f [...] | 2005-09-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN EAID PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1556 | TFUS01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES DONATIONS TO [...] Per request reftel, Econchief relayed USG thanks for Sri Lanka's USD 25,000 donation to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MFA Economic Affairs Director Esala Weerakoon said that Sri Lanka's contribution would be deliverd by Sri Lankan Ambassador to the US Bernard Goonatilake to the American Red Cr [...] | 2005-09-06 11:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL CE MV |
05COLOMBO156 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 18, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,922 people in Sri Lanka. The U.S. Military hopes to transition water distribution duties in Galle to the Galle Water Board by January 25. The U.S. Military continues to work on [...] | 2005-01-20 10:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1560 | BRAHIMI TELLS CO-CHAIRS UN NOT OUT TO REPLACE [...] (C) Colombo co-chair representatives (Charge', British DCM Craig, Japanese Ambassador Suda, Norwegian DCM Laegreid, EC Charge' Wilton) met with UNSYG special envoy and former Algerian FM Lakhdar Brahimi September 6 to exchange views on the current situation. Brahimi characterized his visit t [...] | 2005-09-07 04:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CE NO UN LTTE |
05COLOMBO1562 | Sri Lanka GSP Child Labor Update [...] PER REF A, BELOW IS AN UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION. THIS REPORT PROVIDES NEW DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE SUBMISSION OF THE LAST UPDATE IN 2004 (REF B). A DETAILED REPORT WAS SUBMITTED IN 2003 (REF C). A) LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR. [...] | 2005-09-07 06:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE |
05COLOMBO1565 | TFUS01: SRI LANKAN PRIME MINISTER SENDS [...] On September 7 Embassy received a letter of condolence on Hurricane Katrina from Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse to President Bush. The text of the letter follows below. 2. Begin text: 2 September 2005 His Excellency George W. Bush President of the United States of America Excelle [...] | 2005-09-07 09:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1592 | AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOff met with the Chief Epidemiologist for the Ministry of Health (MOH) as well as an officer working in the Colombo office of the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding reftel. Sri Lankan officials and academics are watching for signs of avian flu and other illnesses wi [...] | 2005-09-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR CE KSTH WHO |
05COLOMBO1594 | INITIAL SRI LANKAN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 06:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO CE |
05COLOMBO16 | TFXO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES, SITREP NO. 7, [...] (SBU) Sri Lankan Needs/Requests: It is becoming increasingly clear that Sri Lanka has an urgent need for engineering expertise, construction equipment and heavy-lift capability to move that equipment for a national reconstruction effort of staggering proportions. On January 3 Margareta Wah [...] | 2005-01-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR CASC EAID PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO1604 | SRI LANKA: TIME FOR CO-CHAIRS TO STAND UP AGAINST [...] (C) The co-chairs will meet in New York at a time when the prospects for tangible progress on the Sri Lanka peace process are underwhelming, especially in the wake of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) refusal to accept the latest proposal by the Norwegian facilitators for a cease [...] | 2005-09-12 10:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1605 | PM RAJAPAKSE ASSURES AMBASSADOR ELECTORAL PACT [...] (C) Summary. PM Rajapakse describes his pact with the JVP, which reads as an utter renunciation of the peace process and economic reform, as "just words" and assures the Ambassador of his commitment to peace and his ability to use and control the JVP. We will continue to make the point tha [...] | 2005-09-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KIRF CE |
05COLOMBO1610 | LTTE CLOSES POLITICAL OFFICES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) political leader Thamilchelvan announced the LTTE would close all remaining political offices in government-controlled areas in the wake of the LTTE refusal to hold Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) talks at Colombo airport. The LTT [...] | 2005-09-12 11:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1619 | AUSTRALIANS INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE LTTE ATTEMPT TO [...] (S/NF) We have been advised by the Australian High Commission here in Colombo that it has alerted authorities in Canberra to what appears to be an effort by a front company of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to purchase a small cargo ship in Australia. Without sharing full detai [...] | 2005-09-13 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR CVIS EWWT CE AS LTTE |
05COLOMBO1639 | SRI LANKA: FIRST BATTLE OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: [...] (C) Summary: Incumbent President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's angry public reaction to Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) presidential candidate and current Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's electoral pacts with the Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Jathika Hela [...] | 2005-09-16 06:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1644 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE: SRI [...] Per ref (A),information for Sri Lanka follows: - 2004 2005 - thru - June Total Industrial Prod. (USD MN) 6,889 NA Total text/apparel/leather prd(USD [...] | 2005-09-19 05:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX ETRD EAID CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1648 | SRI LANKAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR [...] (U) On September 19 Election Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake announced that presidential elections will be held on November 17. Nominations are to be filed on October 7. So far, only the two largest parties, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) of incumbent President Chandrika Bandaranaik [...] | 2005-09-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1654 | SRI LANKA SUPPORTIVE OF EU ON IRAN/IAEA ISSUE [...] (SBU) On September 16 poloff delivered Reftel A demarche to V. Krishnamoorthy, Director of UN and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff followed up on September 20, when Krishnamoorthy responded that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is "waiting to see" whether the m [...] | 2005-09-20 10:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR MNUC TRGY CE IAEA |
05COLOMBO1656 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS DETAIN GSL CHILD PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) police force detained three special policemen from the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) on September 13 after the GSL officers crossed into LTTE-controlled territory in the north while pursuing a [...] | 2005-09-20 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER KWMN CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1672 | SRI LANKA: SLFP ALLIANCE WITH JVP MAY POLARIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: As the presidential race picks up speed, both the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP's) candidate Mahinda Rajapakse and the opposition United National Party's (UNP's) candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe are trying to garner support from smaller political parties. Rajapakse has c [...] | 2005-09-21 12:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1681 | SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION [...] This cable is for the first Tsunami Oversight Quarterly Mechanism Meeting 2. Summary: Tsunami reconstruction activity in Sri Lanka continues apace, with improvements in overall coordination, but bottlenecks due primarily to the 100/200 meter ?buffer zone.? There have been recent suggesti [...] | 2005-09-22 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO17 | TFXO01: LTTE PEACE SECRETARIAT HEAD BRIEFED ON [...] (C) On January 2 USAID Mission Director Carol Becker, USAID/OFDA DART leader Bill Berger and poloff met with S. Puleedevan, head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Peace Secretariat at the Norwegian Ambassador's residence to explain U.S. disaster relief efforts in Sri Lanka. The [...] | 2005-01-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID AEMR CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1705 | TSUNAMI RELIEF CORRUPTION CHARGES BY AUDITOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On 7 September, Sri Lanka?s Auditor General (AG) issued a report to the Parliament based on an audit of work done by various Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) agencies, as well as district and local government offices in response to the December 26 Indian Ocean Tsunami. The AG?s re [...] | 2005-09-28 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1714 | Special Media Reaction: E.U. Ban on LTTE Travel [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan media reacted strongly to the European Union's travel ban on the LTTE. Mainstream and Sinhala nationalist media led with news of the ban, praising the move and speculating the decision could lead quickly to the EU's designation of the LTTE as a Foreign Terrorist Or [...] | 2005-09-29 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PTER OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1730 | SRI LANKA FREEDOM PARTY INTERNAL BATTLE LINES [...] (SBU) With the September 27 return of President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga from abroad, the internal battle lines within the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) are hardening, with the first major confrontation--the contents of the party manifesto--likely to occur during the Central Commi [...] | 2005-09-30 06:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1739 | SRI LANKAN DAILY REPORTS GOVERNMENT TO DROP [...] (U) The headlines of the October 3 edition of the English language Daily Mirror, quoting an unnamed "top US State Department official," reported the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had agreed to hold off on anti-conversion legislation because of US pressure. According to the article, written by [...] | 2005-10-03 10:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO CE |
05COLOMBO1757 | SRI LANKA: MINORITY HEAVYWEIGHTS COME OUT FOR [...] (U) At separate press conferences on October 5 Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) head Arumugam Thondaman and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem announced their parties' support for United National Party (UNP) presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe. The CWC accompanied its [...] | 2005-10-05 11:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1779 | SRI LANKA FREEDOM PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: [...] (C) With his electoral pacts with the Marxist/nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Buddhist nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU),Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapakse appears to be trying to steer his party away from the political center favored [...] | 2005-10-11 06:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1789 | AFGHANISTAN'S INCLUSION INTO SAARC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-11 09:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON XD CE |
05COLOMBO1795 | Post-Tsunami Housing Update: Sri Lanka and [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. Summary: Overall, the housing process is going well in Sri Lanka and Maldives, with the recent announcement of relaxed buffer zone requirements in Sri Lanka possibly improving the outlook for construction of additional permanent housing. All IDPs w [...] | 2005-10-12 08:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO1800 | AMBUSH ON LTTE LEADERS IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: In Batticaloa district, in eastern Sri Lanka, on October 10, suspected Karuna faction gunmen, ambushed a convoy carrying the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) district military head and intelligence head. The attack reportedly left four dead and seven wounded. At the requ [...] | 2005-10-13 01:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1809 | SRI LANKA'S ELECTION: ECONOMIC ISSUES KEY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In late September, Poloff and Pol FSN visited south and central Sri Lanka to meet politicians and civil society leaders and discuss the November 17 Presidential election. Most interlocutors agreed that for Ratnapura, Badulla, and Moneragela districts, employment, welfare, and a [...] | 2005-10-17 02:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CE |
05COLOMBO1812 | CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN SRI LANKA?S GROWTH, [...] (U) Summary: Since the last economic update (reftel),the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has released second quarter GDP data which shows a 6 percent annualized growth rate in the second quarter. The growth rate for the first half of 2005 is estimated at 5.1 percent. Exports have also been a s [...] | 2005-10-17 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE |
05COLOMBO1822 | SRI LANKA SEEKS CONSENSUS IN OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | IS PREL CE UNGA |
05COLOMBO1831 | SRI LANKAN ELECTION SURVEY REVEALS GREATER VOTER [...] (C) Summary: Results of recent polls indicate that a cross-section of Sri Lankans have greater confidence in the opposition United National Party's (UNP) ability to control the cost of living and negotiate a peace agreement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the two most import [...] | 2005-10-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1832 | SRI LANKA: PRO-LTTE MP INDICATES CONCERN AT [...] (SBU) On October 19 poloff met in Colombo with Pathmini Sithamparanathan, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP from Jaffna, and her husband, Professor K. Shivakumaran, who teaches drama at Jaffna University. The couple told poloff they were in the capital to meet with a number of "Sinhalese frie [...] | 2005-10-20 12:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
05COLOMBO1837 | TWO ENVOYS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Amnesty International head Ian Martin found the GSL eager to inject a human rights component into the peace process, but the LTTE rejected any discussion of human rights until after talks on the cease-fire had resumed. Former Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission head General (re [...] | 2005-10-21 06:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1841 | TWO ENVOYS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Amnesty International head Ian Martin found the GSL eager to inject a human rights component into the peace process, but the LTTE rejected any discussion of human rights until after talks on the cease-fire had resumed. Former Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission head General (re [...] | 2005-10-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1842 | SRI LANKA WILL URGE EU TO MATCH AMBITIOUS US [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 10:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD CE |
05COLOMBO1853 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DIVERGE ON [...] (C) The two main candidates in Sri Lanka's November 17 presidential election offer radically different approaches to the peace process and the economy. Prime Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate Mahinda Rajapakse is stepping back from a previous Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) [...] | 2005-10-26 11:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1858 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA: THE [...] (C) I met with President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga one-on-one late in the evening of October 26. As Kumaratunga appeared from a Cabinet meeting, I commented that she looked tired from the campaign. "Not tired," she said, "frustrated." She then launched into criticism of Prime Minis [...] | 2005-10-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1859 | SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIRS PREVIEW POSSIBLE ROLE [...] (C) On October 25 the Ambassador convened a meeting of Heads of Mission of the co-chairs of the 2003 Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka to reassess the co-chairs' role in the wake of developments over the past two years. Pointing out that many of their original o [...] | 2005-10-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1860 | COLOMBO TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER KTFN CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1862 | PUTTALAM DISTRICT GEARS UP FOR CLOSE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent poloff visit to Puttalam district on Sri Lanka's west coast, government officials described a calm, if rather apathetic, polity and a well-practiced electoral mechanism. Catholics in the area are expected to support United National Party (UNP) opposition candid [...] | 2005-10-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1864 | DEMARCHE - IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised reftel points on Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 remarks on wiping Israel off the map with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Anura Bandanaraike during an October 28 conversation (other subjects reported septel). Bandanaraike was not familiar with the Iranian president's spe [...] | 2005-10-28 07:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE IR IAEA |
05COLOMBO1866 | SRI LANKA'S DIVERSE CENTRAL PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: On Poloff's October 23-26 trip to Sri Lanka's Central Province, interlocutors in the three districts of Nuwara Eliya, Kandy and Matale indicated that United National Party (UNP) candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe was slightly ahead of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP) Mahinda Ra [...] | 2005-10-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1867 | PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORMS HIGHLIGHT STARK ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The Sri Lanka presidential candidates have released their election "manifestos" (platforms). Both have clearly learned the lessons of the April 2004 parliamentary elections, in which the rural vote proved decisive, and have included significant benefit increases for the rural sect [...] | 2005-10-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1868 | FOREIGN MINISTER STICKS UP FOR HIS SISTER, SLAMS [...] (C) Summary. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister (and brother of President Kumaratunga) Anura Bandaranaike told the Ambassador he is contemptuous of SLFP Presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapakse's alliance with the Marxist JVP, will not campaign very hard on Rajapakse's behalf and is not at all sur [...] | 2005-10-31 04:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF CE MV |
05COLOMBO187 | NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS COLOMBO CO-CHAIRS ON [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Petersen made progress in working out an LTTE/GSL tsunami coordination mechanism although the deal is not final. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar, who has been facilitating the discussions, is encouraged. Colombo co- chair rep [...] | 2005-01-25 04:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1875 | PRE-ELECTION VIEW FROM THE SRI LANKAN FRONT LINE: [...] (C/NF) During a mid-October trip to the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) Headquarters near the front lines, interlocutors from Vavuniya said the situation there and at the Omanthai Entry/Exit Point demarcating Tiger-controlled territory was relatively calm, but expressed concern at continued ceasefire vi [...] | 2005-10-31 09:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PTER CE |
05COLOMBO1879 | TIGERS BAG ANOTHER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHILE [...] (C) On the evening of October 29, an assassin shot and killed Sri Lankan Army (SLA) LTCOL T.R. Meedin as the officer sat in his car. This killing follows the May 31 murder of another high ranking Tamil speaking intelligence officer MAJ T.N. Muthalif. Police arrested four suspects on Octobe [...] | 2005-10-31 11:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO188 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: USAID/DART [...] As of January 24, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,957 people in Sri Lanka. The U.S. Military plans to complete school debris clearing and latrine building by January 24, and water distributions will end on January 23. Sanitatio [...] | 2005-01-25 08:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1882 | SRI LANKA WILL SUPPORT JUDGE BUERGENTHAL'S [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-01 06:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CE UNGA |
05COLOMBO1883 | PRE-ELECTION PERSPECTIVES FROM KURUNEGALA, [...] (U) Summary. Poloff and Pol FSN met on October 25-27 with community members in Kurunegala district in North Western province, Polonnaruwa district in North Central province, and Trincomalee district in Eastern province to discuss the political climate in the weeks before the November 17 pre [...] | 2005-11-01 09:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
05COLOMBO189 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: USAID/DART [...] As of January 24, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,957 people. The U.S. Military is starting to move equipment and personnel from Galle to Colombo. The Galle local government and the Galle Water Board are taking over responsibi [...] | 2005-01-25 08:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1891 | SRI LANKA FREEDOM PARTY COUNTING ON MUSLIM VOTE [...] (C) Campaign strategists for Prime Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapakse told poloff in an October 27 meeting they were confident that votes from supporters of the Sinhalese extremist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (S [...] | 2005-11-01 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1898 | Government approves tourism reforms [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan Parliament recently approved a key piece of legislation to reform the tourist sector. The new law seeks to reduce government control over the tourism industry and infuse private sector involvement in the tourism regulatory and promotion bodies. The USAID- sponsored [...] | 2005-11-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1899 | SRI LANKA SEES POTENTIAL FOR SAFTA, BUT HEDGING [...] (C) Summary: During a wide ranging discussion with Econchief, Sri Lankan Commerce Ministry Director General K.N. Weerasinghe (Note: Weerasinghe is Sri Lanka's senior-most career trade official) said that a successful conclusion to the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) talks was close, bu [...] | 2005-11-03 03:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1912 | FOREIGN MINISTER ANURA BANDARANAIKE ON "WHEN RANIL [...] (C) When I met Foreign Minister Anura Bandaranaike on October 28 (reftel),he said that he wanted to get together before the Presidential election for a one-on-one chat, "without all these people (pointing to the notetakers) around." On November 7 we had that meeting over lunch at his offici [...] | 2005-11-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1919 | CULTURALLY SENSITIVE RICE SECTOR A KEY CAMPAIGN ISSUE [...] Summary. Rice is Sri Lanka's most important agricultural crop in terms of area cultivated, production and rural employment (approximately 1.8 million farmer families depend on rice for their livelihood). Rice production contributes 4 percent of the country's GDP and around 850,000 hectares are [...] | 2005-11-08 02:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1929 | SRI LANKA: IMPLICATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) -- The distinct approaches to the peace process adopted by the two main candidates in the run-up to Sri Lanka's November 17 presidential election pose different challenges for members of the international community, including the U.S., who hope to promote a permanent resolution of the eth [...] | 2005-11-09 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO193 | UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Per Reftel, Mission submits the draft report on Supporting Human Rights and Democracy in Sri Lanka. Begin text. Sri Lanka is a longstanding democratic republic with an active multiparty system. For more than 20 years, Sri Lanka has struggled with an internal war between the Sri Lankan go [...] | 2005-01-25 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1930 | Suspected LTTE suicide bomber surrenders at U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 7, 2005 an individual claiming to be an LTTE suicide bomber came to AmEmbassy Colombo and requested asylum. After an interview to determine that there was no threat or information involving U.S. facilities or personnel he was given into the custody of the police. Th [...] | 2005-11-09 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1935 | PROPOSED SRI LANKA 2006 BUDGET DEAD ON ARRIVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama (Amunugama) presented a 2006 budget proposal of the current Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to a less-than-packed Parliament on November 8, just 10 days before presidential elections. The main opposition United National Party (UNP) and its alli [...] | 2005-11-10 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1940 | AS ELECTION APPROACHES, AMPARA RESIDENTS ASK: [...] (U) Summary: The district government in the Muslim-majority East coast district of Ampara appears to have logistics for the November 17 presidential election in order. Community members feel that Tamils in the district are not taking the election seriously enough. Tamils are unconvinced t [...] | 2005-11-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1943 | LTTE DISCOURAGES TAMILS FROM VOTING, BLOW TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ending weeks of speculation about the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) stance in the November 17 presidential election, the LTTE met late on November 10 with their Tamil National Alliance (TNA) proxies in Kilinochchi and announced that the Tamil people would "not benefit f [...] | 2005-11-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1951 | SRI LANKA: SUGGESTED U.S. STATEMENT ON THE [...] (SBU) This message conveys Embassy's suggestions for a statement by the Department Spokesman after the November 17 presidential election. Two versions are provided: one for suggested use in the event of a generally free and fair election and another for suggested use in the event of an elect [...] | 2005-11-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO CE |
05COLOMBO1954 | SRI LANKA OFFERS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 05:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1965 | SRI LANKA: BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT, CALCULATING WIN [...] (C) One day before the presidential election campaign insiders for both major candidates remained confident of claiming a decisive, if narrow, victory. Strategists for Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate Mahinda Rajapakse seem sure that their contender will clinch a significant slice of [...] | 2005-11-16 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE |
05COLOMBO1969 | CHANDRIKA BIDS FAREWELL [...] (C) Outgoing Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (CBK) hosted a dinner for the diplomatic corps on November 16, the evening before the election which would determine her successor. About 100 guests--the entire diplomatic corps, including multilateral and UN agency heads, [...] | 2005-11-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1971 | SRI LANKA: POLLING PEACEFUL; TIGER INTIMIDATION [...] (SBU) As of mid-day on November 17, voting in the presidential election was proceeding peacefully in the central and southern parts of the country. Virtually no voters had crossed from territory controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the north and east to cast their ba [...] | 2005-11-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CE |
05COLOMBO1974 | US INTERESTS AFTER THE SRI LANKAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) How is the apparent victory of Mahinda Rajapakse likely to affect US interests in Sri Lanka? We define our overriding interests here quite simply: Peace and Prosperity. Peace because a successful peace process will mean the end of terrorism by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...] | 2005-11-18 07:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER US CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1975 | SRI LANKA: PM RAJAPAKSE WINS PRESIDENCY IN CLOSE [...] On November 18, Election Commissioner Dayananada Dissanayake announced that Prime Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate Mahinda Rajapakse won Sri Lanka's November 17 presidential election with a mere 50.3 percent of the total vote. The deciding factor in the election was a Tam [...] | 2005-11-18 09:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1979 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSE SOUNDS MODERATE [...] (C) On November 19 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse took the oath of office as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka's fifth Executive President. Following the swearing-in ceremony, Rajapakse addressed the nation listing his objectives of averting war, supporting the Cease Fire Agre [...] | 2005-11-21 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF CE |
05COLOMBO1981 | SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Percy Mahendra (aka "Mahinda") Rajapakse was sworn in as Sri Lanka's fifth President on November 18, 2005--his 60th birthday. Like his predecessor and rival Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Rajapakse has the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in his blood, with his father, D.A. Rajapakse [...] | 2005-11-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO1982 | HAWKISH RATNASIRI WICKREMANAYAKE APPOINTED PRIME [...] (C) Summary. New Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, a Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) hard-liner and long-time loyalist of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, is a controversial politician unlikely to foster the broad consensus new President Mahinda Rajapakse, with his narrow margi [...] | 2005-11-21 12:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CE |
05COLOMBO1988 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER'S VIEWS ON LOST [...] Summary: On November 22, the Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP) and unsuccessful candidate in the November 17 presidential election by a margin of under 200,000 votes. Wickremesinghe expressed surprise that the Liberation Tigers of T [...] | 2005-11-22 11:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1992 | AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - SRI [...] (U) THIS IS THE SECOND CABLE REPORTING ON PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY TO PREVENT A HIGHLY PATHENOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA (HPAI) IN SRI LANKA (REF A) AND RESPONDS TO REF B QUESTIONS REGARDING SRI LANKA'S EFFORTS TO CONTROL AVIAN FLU AND ITS CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC. PREPAREDNES [...] | 2005-11-23 10:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR CASC CE KSTH WHO |
05COLOMBO1993 | SRI LANKA: AVIAN FLU TRIPWIRES [...] US EMBASSY COLOMBO'S TRIPWIRES AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS FOR VARIOUS AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) SCENARIOS WERE PREPARED BY POST'S AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP (AIWG) AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC). WE INVITE AND WELCOME FEEDBACK FROM RELEVANT OFFICES AND AGENCIES WITH EX [...] | 2005-11-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO ECON CE |
05COLOMBO1994 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) On November 23 President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed a 25-member Cabinet that retained many Ministers in the posts they held during former President Chandrika Kumaratunga's administration (septel). Among the few changes made, however, was the appointment of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) [...] | 2005-11-23 10:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL CE |
05COLOMBO1995 | ECONOMIC ADVISOR SUGGESTS RAJAPAKSE WILL HOLD FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: During a November 22 meeting with Econchief, Senior Advisor to President Rajapakse, Nivaad Cabral (a long-time Embassy contact) said that the President will retain the Finance Ministry portfolio and that the new budget would be presented sometime next week. The budget will largel [...] | 2005-11-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID CE |
05COLOMBO1998 | PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSE APPOINTS SLIMMER CABINET [...] (C) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed his cabinet on November 23, delayed reportedly because of several days of debate about who should control which portfolios. With 25 ministers, the new cabinet is slimmer than in the previous administration, with one notable deletion being s [...] | 2005-11-23 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CE |
05COLOMBO2000 | SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED TIGERS ATTACK US-DONATED [...] (SBU) Fredrik Palsson, Chief of Party for RONCO, the contractor for the US-funded humanitarian demining program, contacted poloff the morning of November 25 to report that at about 7:45 p.m. the previous evening in the Point Pedro area of Jaffna suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTT [...] | 2005-11-25 06:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2003 | CONFIDENT PRESIDENT VOWS TO MOVE FORWARD ON PEACE [...] (C) Summary. President Rajapakse told the Ambassador he is committed to maintaining historically close ties with the United States and welcomes co-chair involvement in the peace process. There is a role for an "independent and balanced" Norway although they should not head the SLMM in Rajap [...] | 2005-11-28 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KIRF EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2007 | NEW PRIME MINISTER SEES HOPE FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary. New Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake reacted with optimism to LTTE leader Prabhakaran's November 27 Heroes' Day speech, said that a return to war is not an option and expressed appreciation for U.S. military assistance. He said the anti-conversion bill will not come back [...] | 2005-11-28 08:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF MASS EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2008 | SRI LANKA: TIGER LEADER'S ANNUAL MESSAGE GIVES [...] (C) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's annual Heroes' Day speech on November 27, while less belligerent than many had feared, put the new government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa on notice that it must "come forward soon with a reasonable political framew [...] | 2005-11-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2014 | Special Media Reaction: LTTE Leader Vellupillai [...] (SBU) Summary: Following LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran's annual Heroes' Day speech on November 27(reftel),Sri Lankan television and newspapers on November 28 and 29 focused on the future of the peace process with a renewed sense of hope and pragmatism. In response to the election of President [...] | 2005-11-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2017 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S PUBLIC STATEMENTS OFFER [...] (C) In public statements made since his November 17 election, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has offered few concrete details into how he plans to realize his oft-stated goal of achieving a political resolution to the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In particular, how [...] | 2005-11-29 11:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2026 | WTO DOHA ROUND - AMBASSADOR RAISES US CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised reftel WTO points with Trade Minister Fernandopulle on November 29 and Econchief has passed same points to representatives from the Finance Ministry and members of influential private sector groups. Minister Fernadopulle is not well-versed on the issues set to a [...] | 2005-12-01 10:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRC KPAO EAGR ECON ETRD OIIP CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2040 | SRI LANKA: BODY COUNT MOUNTS IN NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Violence intensified in the north and east over the past week, culminating in a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack December 4 on a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) vehicle in Jaffna that resulted in the highest number of Army casualties in a single incident since the beginning of the Ceas [...] | 2005-12-05 12:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2042 | NEW FOREIGN MINISTER EAGER TO MAINTAIN CLOSE U.S. [...] (C) Summary. New Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said the GSL has proposed CFA talks to the LTTE via the Norwegian facilitators and would be flexible on the location of those talks. The landmine killings of soldiers in Jaffna make such talks especially urgent. The FM outlin [...] | 2005-12-06 10:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO205 | GAINING BROAD CONSENSUS ON A TIMETABLE FOR THE [...] (C) We appreciate the opportunity to clarify the situation regarding the withdrawal of the Combined Support Group - Sri Lanka (CSG-SL) which, as noted in reftels, will occur around the end of January. As we noted in Ref B, the CSG-SL performance in both Sri Lanka and Maldives has been supe [...] | 2005-01-26 09:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON CE MV |
05COLOMBO2056 | Special Media Reaction: Department's Statement on [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Media commented widely on the statement issued Monday, December 5, by Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli condemning persistent violations of the cease- fire agreement (CFA),in particular the December 4 LTTE landmine attacks in Jaffna. The English-language and Sinhala media c [...] | 2005-12-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2058 | LTTE STRIKES AGAIN IN THE NORTH, SITUATION TENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tensions remain high in the North and East of Sri Lanka following a second Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack on December 6 that killed seven in Jaffna, and the murder of two Muslim fishermen in Ampara also blamed on the LTTE. New Army Commander Fonseka told a pres [...] | 2005-12-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2059 | SRI LANKA: UN RAPPORTEUR, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Overlapping visits by Amnesty International (AI) Secretary General Irene Khan and UN Special Rapporteur on SIPDIS Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Killings Philip Alston during the first week of December focused on continuing political assassinations and the danger they pose to the [...] | 2005-12-07 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2069 | Sri Lankan Initial Sovereign Rating Sub- [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka received its first sovereign rating on December 8. Fitch Ratings assigned Sri Lanka a ?BB minus? rating (sub-investment grade) noting that all the long term rating outlooks were stable. Standard and Poor's rating was slightly lower at 'B plus.' The sub- investment [...] | 2005-12-09 04:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2070 | SRI LANKA: INPUT FOR INCSR [...] The information in this cable is keyed to Reftel. 2. (Part I) Summary. Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug traffickers and implementing nation-wide demand reduction programs. In 2005, the U.S. government [...] | 2005-12-09 04:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CE |
05COLOMBO2076 | PEACE PROCESS: AKASHI VISITS, OFFERS TO HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Special Envoy Akashi found President Rajapakse eager to take up ceasefire implementation talks and willing to use a venue outside of Sri Lanka. Akashi offered Japan for the first round. Rajapakse was upset at reported comments of Norwegian Envoy Eric Solheim that Norway w [...] | 2005-12-12 08:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2088 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 19 CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) In the run-up to their December 19 meeting in Brussels, the co-chairs are faced with rapidly degenerating security in the north and east; an inexperienced new Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) administration that won on a hardline platform; a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that has p [...] | 2005-12-13 04:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2096 | CO-CHAIRS SHOULD FOCUS ON PRIVATE MESSAGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chairs Chiefs of Mission (COM's) and visiting EC DDG Jouanjean agreed Dec 19 Co-Chairs meeting in Brussels should focus on role of Co-Chairs in changed peace process environment in Sri Lanka. All agreed Co-Chairs should develop messages to be passed privately to both GSL and [...] | 2005-12-14 09:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2099 | NEW SRI LANKAN RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with the newly formed Sri Lankan Reconstruction and Development Agency's newly appointed Chairman, Tiran Alles, and COO, Saliya Wickramasuriya, on December 5. While neither offered significant insight into the operations of this new entity, which will absorb the [...] | 2005-12-15 05:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2101 | SRI LANKA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The Sri Lankan government strongly supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to combating terrorism. Sri Lanka has acceded to all international conventions that deal with combating terrorism, with the exception of the 1980 Nuclear Materials Co [...] | 2005-12-15 07:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2108 | TIGERS' TNA PROXIES BLAME GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 15 meeting with pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians, the Ambassador stressed U.S. and international concern at the escalation of violence following the November 17 election. The TNA MPs were quick to deny LTTE i [...] | 2005-12-16 07:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2111 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] UPDATED RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: 2. Sri Lanka is neither an important regional financial center nor a preferred center for money laundering. Money laundering currently is not a criminal offense. There are strict bank secrecy laws, under which the Government of Sri Lanka is required to [...] | 2005-12-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2112 | POST (AGAIN) RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) This is an action request, please see para 10. This is a follow-on to reftel, in which Post specifically requested USG efforts to investigate possible LTTE-linked fundraising in the US. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of reports of increased LTTE fundraising activities in Canada, France, U [...] | 2005-12-19 08:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON EFIN KCRM CE LTTE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2116 | PRESIDENT PROMISES SIGNIFICANT WELFARE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka?s newly elected President presented the revised 2006 budget to Parliament on November 8. In keeping with the President?s election manifesto, the budget contained a series of ?pro-poor? welfare measures and a significant salary hike to government servants. The budg [...] | 2005-12-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2118 | SRI LANKA: SEVEN CIVILIANS INJURED IN VIOLENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seven civilians were injured when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers fired on a violent protest led by students affiliated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the northern district of Jaffna on December 19. In Colombo on December 17-18 security forces arrested and rel [...] | 2005-12-19 12:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2119 | Sri Lanka requests assistance to enforce [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action request in para 7 below. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A Computer Crimes bill will soon become law in Sri Lanka, and submission of an electronic transactions bill is anticipated for early 2006. Sri Lanka would appreciate USG technical assistance in developing [...] | 2005-12-20 02:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EINT ETRD PTER KCRM CE |
05COLOMBO2121 | SRI LANKA: AVIAN FLU TRIPWIRES AND SHELTER-IN- [...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE REPORTS OUR REVISED AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI OR H5N1) TRIPWIRES AND SHELTER-IN-PLACE PLANS REQUESTED IN REF D. THIS CABLE SUPERSEDES REF C. 2. SRI LANKA LACKS SEVERAL CRITICAL RESOURCES - TAMIFLU, LABORATORY EQUIPMENT TO IDENTIFY AI, AND MODERN, FULLY EQUIPPED HOSPITALS. [...] | 2005-12-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC EAGR KFLO TBIO ECON CE |
05COLOMBO2122 | Post-MFA Sri Lankan Garment Sector Faring Well, [...] (SBU) Summary: The first post-MFA year for the Sri Lankan garment industry has been an up and down year for exports, with annual sales finishing slightly above their 2005 mark. As Sri Lanka faces increasing price pressure from other countries, especially China, it is seeking advantages in bot [...] | 2005-12-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2130 | TSUNAMI RELIEF IN SRI LANKA -- OFDA WRAP-UP AND [...] SUMMARY: USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR SRI LANKA IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DECEMBER 2004 TSUNAMI DISASTER WAS SPEARHEADED BY USAID/OFDA WITH THE IMMEDIATE DEPLOYMENT OF A DART TEAM AND RAPID FUNDING OF A PORTFOLIO OF EMERGENCY PROJECTS. NOW LARGELY COMPLETED, THE PROJECTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL [...] | 2005-12-21 02:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO2136 | Special Media Reaction: December 19 Statement by [...] (U) Summary: The statement by the Tokyo Donors Conference Co-chairs after their December 19 meeting in Brussels sparked banner headlines and lead stories of all print and electronic media on December 21. However, only the mainstream independent Daily Mirror and its sister Sinhala paper, Lanka [...] | 2005-12-21 09:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2139 | US GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA?S DEVELOPMENT [...] United States Treasury?s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),Financial Enforcement team visited Colombo December 12- 16, 2005, to provide training to government officials on establishment of an effective AML/CFT regime. The timing of the visit was appropriate since the government of Sri La [...] | 2005-12-21 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON KTFN KCRM SNAR PTER CE |
05COLOMBO2141 | OPPOSITION POST-MORTEM OF ELECTORAL DEFEAT: SOME [...] (C) In the wake of the United National Party's (UNP) defeat at the November 17 presidential polls, some members of Sri Lanka's oldest political party are questioning once again whether Ranil Wickremesinghe, who led the party to defeat in 13 of the last 14 electoral contests, should continue a [...] | 2005-12-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO2145 | MIXED RECORD CONFRONTS SRI LANKA, MALDIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the one year anniversary of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka has avoided the mass outbreak of disease and unrest that some feared early on, established a network of transitional shelters, begun to build permanent housing, elected a new President, establis [...] | 2005-12-22 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2149 | SRI LANKA: STEADY ATTACKS PRESSURE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continues to goad the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) in the north, launching nine small-scale attacks against military targets since December 20. The back-to-back attacks seem designed to increase pressure on the new governm [...] | 2005-12-22 12:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2155 | ATA-5459, OFFER FOR TRAINING: SRI LANKA SENIOR [...] AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL, LISTED BELOW IS THE FINAL LIST OF NAMES AND DEPARTMENT INFORMATION OF THOSE NOMINATED BY THE GOVT OF SRI LANKA TO ATTEND THE SENIOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON FROM 23 TO 27 JAN 2006. ALL ATTENDEES ON THIS LIST HAVE BEEN MEDICALLY CLEARED, CLEARED FAVORABLY [...] | 2005-12-27 05:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER CE |
05COLOMBO2157 | MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL: ASSASSINATION OF [...] (SBU) Following two consecutive Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacks on the Sri Lanka Navy in the northern district of Mannar on December 22 and 23 (Refs A and B),the violence continues in the north and east with no respite for the holiday. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Joseph [...] | 2005-12-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2158 | GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR ACTION AS VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair Chiefs of Missions (COM's) met with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on December 23 to de-brief on Brussels meeting. In light of renewed Tiger attacks, GSL asked Co-Chair COM's to travel to Kilinocchi to deliver hard message to Tigers. COM's (minus US Ambassador) de [...] | 2005-12-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CE NO LTTE |
05COLOMBO2164 | Special Media Reaction: Tsunami Anniversary [...] (U) Summary: All three English dailies carried Ambassador Lunstead's tsunami memorial message titled "America Joins Sri Lanka in Remembrance" on Friday, December 23. Sinhala and Tamil newspapers carried the op-ed in the vernacular on Saturday, December 24 and Monday, December 26. Complementin [...] | 2005-12-28 08:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE |
05COLOMBO2166 | Special Media Reaction: Editorial Reaction to [...] (U) Summary: The statement by the Tokyo Donors Conference Co-chairs after their December 19 meeting in Brussels sparked a considerable amount of editorial comment in the English and Sinhala press in the week following its December 21 release in Colombo. Editorialists analyzed the statement am [...] | 2005-12-28 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2167 | SRI LANKA: DEMINING OPERATIONS IN JAFFNA SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) The HALO Trust (HT),Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) have all suspended operations in the Jaffna peninsula as of December 28. HALO Trust and the SLA cited the deteriorating security environment, while the DDG's closure coincides with its holiday stand-down. Disgrun [...] | 2005-12-28 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM CASC MOPS KHDP CE EAIS LTTE |
05COLOMBO2179 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S JANUARY 5 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Since the November 17 election of Mahinda Rajapaksa as President, violence has escalated rapidly, imperiling the increasingly fragile three-year-old Ceasefire Agreement between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). On his first visit to Washin [...] | 2005-12-30 06:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE |
05COLOMBO224 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: USAID/DART [...] As of January 25, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,957 people in Sri Lanka. USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) implementing partner Community Habitat Finance International (CHF) is constructing 3,500 transit [...] | 2005-01-28 05:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO225 | MALDIVES - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: USAID/DART [...] According to the Maldives National Disaster Management Center (NDMC),as of January 18, the earthquake and tsunamis killed 82 people and 26 residents are missing in Maldives. The U.S. Military is prioritizing final operations in Maldives before its final departure. There is currently a short [...] | 2005-01-28 05:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO227 | TSUNAMI INTERRUPTS SRI LANKA'S TOURIST SURGE [...] Summary: Sri Lanka's tourist industry suffered heavy losses in the tsunami due to damages to the coastline, beach hotels and tourist confidence. Ironically, Sri Lanka had just recorded its best year ever in tourism in 2004. The tsunami struck in the middle of the peak winter tourist SIPD [...] | 2005-01-28 05:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CE |
05COLOMBO228 | Sri Lanka: Post-tsunami Political Landscape [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Sri Lanka begins to pick up the pieces one month after the tsunami, politicians are calculating the impact of the disaster on the bitterly divisive zero-sum game that is Sri Lankan politics. For now, the enormous sympathy generated for Sri Lanka-as well as repeated calls for [...] | 2005-01-28 05:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AEMR EAID PTER CE |
05COLOMBO244 | Special Media Reaction: Colombo Press Conference [...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of post's January 29 press conference to announce plans to transition from a mix of military and civilian tsunami relief efforts to a fully civilian one was prominent and widespread, generating front-page headlines but little editorial comment. Most media focused [...] | 2005-02-01 01:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE |
05COLOMBO252 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] From January 21 to 26, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO) traveled to Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, Hambantota, Matara, and Galle districts to meet with implementing partners and visit internally displaced person (IDP)camps. The USAID/DA [...] | 2005-02-01 10:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO278 | GSL REQUEST FOR NII/CSI EQUIPMENT LOAN [...] Post has received a request from GSL Presidential Advisor Mano Tittawella and Finance Secretary PB Jayasundera to expedite the loan of CSI-related non-intrusive inspection equipment, in an effort to expedite scanning of inbound cargo for humanitarian efforts. (Note: Sri Lanka has a three-ye [...] | 2005-02-03 07:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC KSTC PTER CE |
05COLOMBO280 | SRIL LANKA AND MALDIVES THOUGHTS ON TSUNAMI DONORS [...] Ambassador delivered points in reftel during a February 2 discussion with Presidential Advisor and Head of Sri Lanka's Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation (TAFREN) Mano Tittawella. Tittawella thought a local donor's conference in Sri Lanka presented the best opportunity for donors to discuss [...] | 2005-02-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO283 | MALDIVES - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] On January 28, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Field Officer (FO) posted to Male' in Maldives departed the islands for Colombo. A summary of the U.S. Government's assistance in Maldives in response to the earthquake and tsunamis follows below. End Summary. ----------- [...] | 2005-02-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO285 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 31, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunami had killed 30,959 people in Sri Lanka. The CNO is scheduled to transition responsibilities for the tsunami relief effort to the Ministry of Public Security, Law and Order during the week of F [...] | 2005-02-03 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO3 | TFX001 - SRI LANKA TSUNAMI FINDINGS OF [...] SUMMARY: USAID/DART ASSESSMENT TEAMS HAVE COMPLETED ASSESSMENTS OF DAMAGE IN GALLE AND HAMBANTOTA DISTRICTS OF SRI LANKA, IN COORDINATION WITH A UNOCHA-FACILITATED ASSESSMENT IN NINE TSUNAMI AFFECTED DISTRICTS CIRCLING THE COAST. IN BOTH DISTRICTS, ASSESSMENT TEAMS OBSERVED SIGNIFICANT DAMA [...] | 2005-01-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR CE |
05COLOMBO31 | TFXO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES, SITREP. NO. 8, [...] (U) Casualties: According to Government statistics, 30,229 people died in the tsunami; 3,858 remain missing; 835,028 have been displaced. A total of 7 Americans have been confirmed killed in the disaster. 2. (SBU) U.S. Actions/Assistance: The Ambassador, accompanied by Brigadier Gener [...] | 2005-01-04 14:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR CASC PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO310 | DIFFERENCES IN REBUILDING COST ESTIMATES DISSIPATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent estimates of rebuilding costs by the Government's Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation (TAFREN) and the Multi-Lateral Development Banks (MDBs) seemed divergent following initial public statements, but further analysis has revealed greater commonality. Both the Government [...] | 2005-02-08 10:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID CE |
05COLOMBO312 | SRI LANKA: EASTERN LTTE POLITICAL LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, E. Kausalyan, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Political Leader for the eastern districts of Batticaloa and Ampara, was killed in an ambush in a Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)-controlled area while driving to Batticaloa from LTTE-controlled territory in t [...] | 2005-02-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CE |
05COLOMBO314 | FROM COMITY TO CALUMNY: SRI LANKAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Six weeks after the tsunami that devastated the coasts of Sri Lanka, the main political parties have fallen back into their previous pattern of exchanging accusations and denunciations in the media. This return to fractiousness has dissolved the relative comity that prevailed imm [...] | 2005-02-09 04:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO317 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] From January 31 to February 3, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) deployed teams to tsunami-affected districts to visit USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) programs. The purpose of these trips was to monitor the progress of USAID/OFDA implem [...] | 2005-02-09 09:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO322 | DONOR'S DISCUSS RELIEF COORDINATION CONCERNS, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Donors in Sri Lanka are concerned about a lack of coordination on remaining emergency relief efforts. UNDP is providing assistance to the Ministry of Public Security, which has been charged with [...] | 2005-02-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE EAID ECON EFIN |
05COLOMBO324 | SRI LANKA: LTTE POST-TSUNAMI CHILD RECRUITMENT, [...] (C) Summary. January media reports highlighted Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) recruitment of child soldiers in the north and east, particularly in welfare camps for tsunami-affected persons. In early February, displeased by unfavorable media attention, the LTTE threatened to pull o [...] | 2005-02-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO326 | COLOMBO PLAN: CONSENSUS MINUS ONE TOWARD THAI [...] (C) Summary: During the February 15 Colombo Plan Working Group meeting, all other member states present expressed their support for the Thai constitutional amendment proposal to address arrears. Among the several concerns voiced about the U.S. proposal, representatives from member states sin [...] | 2005-02-10 12:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR AORC IR CE |
05COLOMBO327 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 20-21 [...] (SBU) The December 26 tsunami, in spite of its cruel humanitarian toll and staggering financial costs, has provided the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a chance to re-engage after a near two-year hiatus in negotiations. The tragedy has mitigated [...] | 2005-02-10 12:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV EAID PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO338 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] On February 4, the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) closed the Center for National Operations (CNO) and transferred its functions to the recently established Task Force for Relief (TAFOR). USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) assessments indicate that emergency needs for food, [...] | 2005-02-14 06:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO341 | AKASHI SEES PROGRESS POSSIBLE BETWEEN LTTE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Akashi found LTTE's Tamilchelvan less aggressive than expected, and believes negotiations on a joint mechanism for tsunami reconstruction can resume. President Kumaratunga said she was eager for an agreement. Each side blamed the other for delays. Akashi thinks a Co- Chair Ambass [...] | 2005-02-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE JA |
05COLOMBO347 | SRI LANKA: POST-TSUNAMI REPORTS OF CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary. Sensationalist speculation in the local media that the December 26 tsunami would spawn "spin-off" misery for Sri Lanka's displaced--e.g. hordes of homeless orphans, increased child trafficking, and an uptick in sexual- and gender-based violence--has proven, fortunately, unfou [...] | 2005-02-14 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SMIG CE KWMM LTTE |
05COLOMBO348 | TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION SIGNATURE PROJECT [...] (SBU) Per request reftel, USAID has - since early January - held extended meetings and has been in frequent contact with various line entities of the GSL including the Chairman of the Rural Development Authority, senior staff of the Ministry of Fisheries and the CEO of the Vocational Training [...] | 2005-02-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON CE |
05COLOMBO35 | MILITARY COOPERATION IN THE RELIEF EFFORT IN SRI [...] (C) There has been much discussion about how to ensure that we use our military participation in relief efforts to strengthen our mil-to-mil relationships with other participants, and in particular with India. We offer here a perspective on what is happening on the ground in Sri Lanka. A coordin [...] | 2005-01-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL CE IN |
05COLOMBO359 | SRI LANKA: COALITION PARTNER BOYCOTTS [...] (C) Relegated to an undesirable back seat in post-tsunami reconstruction, Government coalition partner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) demonstrated its displeasure by boycotting the February 9 Parliamentary debate on reconstruction plans and threatening to resign from the Cabinet. The JVP c [...] | 2005-02-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO373 | DHANAPALA SAYS GOVERNMENT WILLING TO COMPROMISE [...] (C) Ambassador met with head of Sri Lankan Peace Secretariat Jayantha Dhanapala February 16. Dhanapala launched immediately into a recounting of the status of the negotiations with the LTTE to set up a joint mechanism for reconstruction in the North and East. He said that the negotiations [...] | 2005-02-16 12:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE JA LTTE |
05COLOMBO381 | VISIT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 11:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT OTRA PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO395 | Special Media Reaction: Former Presidents [...] (U) Summary: The visit of former Presidents Clinton and Bush to Sri Lanka February 20-21 elicited copious, straightforward media coverage, with all media outlets, print as well as electronic, featuring the visit prominently. Editorial comment was largely positive as well, but a few outlets [...] | 2005-02-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO EAID PTER OIIP PREL CE |
05COLOMBO399 | SRI LANKA: FORMER PRESIDENTS BUSH AND CLINTON [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 20 meeting, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga offered former Presidents George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton an assessment of Sri Lanka's post-tsunami progress, including immediate relief efforts and longer-term reconstruction plans. President Kumar [...] | 2005-02-22 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO400 | SRI LANKA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR UNSYG [...] (U) On February 22 the Embassy received a diplomatic note formally requesting U.S. support for the candidature of Jayantha Dhanapala, Secretary General of the Peace Secretariat in Sri Lanka and former UN SIPDIS Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament, for the post of UN Secretary General. [...] | 2005-02-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR AORC CE UN UNSC UNGA |
05COLOMBO401 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: USAID/DART [...] Former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton visited Sri Lanka as part of a tour of four tsunami-affected countries from February 20 to 21. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) continues to travel to tsunami- affected districts to monitor and evaluate USAID's Office of [...] | 2005-02-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO404 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES IT IS PREPARED [...] (C) In a speech marking the third anniversary of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA),Jayantha Dhanapala, head of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Peace Secretariat, announced on February 22 that the GSL is "ready to reopen direct negotiations" with the insurgent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( [...] | 2005-02-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO411 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHES ON IAEA [...] (U) On February 24 poloff presented reftel demarches to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ekanayake thanked us for the information but offered no immediate reaction to either demarche, noting only that Aruni Wijewardena [...] | 2005-02-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR CE IAEA |
05COLOMBO413 | SRI LANKA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE VII [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CE CWC OPCW |
05COLOMBO421 | Despite Tsunami, 5.5 percent growth forecast [...] Summary: The Central Bank of Sri Lanka expects the economy to grow by 5.5 percent in 2005 despite the extensive damage suffered in the tsunami. The bank is counting on key economic sectors and reconstruction activity to aid growth. The Central Bank forecast is higher than the post tsunami [...] | 2005-02-25 05:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO424 | SRI LANKAN REQUEST FOR POST TSUNAMI DEBT RELIEF [...] On February 24, Post received a letter from Finance Minister Sarath Amunagama addressed to US Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral (unclear why Cabral was addressee). The original is to be sent directly to Treasury by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington. The letter (text below) repeats Amunugama [...] | 2005-02-25 06:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO426 | SRI LANKA: JVP PUMMELS GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATING [...] (SBU) Summary: President Chandrika Kumaratunga's tenuous majority in Parliament looks shakier than ever after renewed threats from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) to quit the coalition and the decision by two Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) ministers to resign from their posts. Although bo [...] | 2005-02-25 06:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO438 | NORWEGIANS SEE HOPE FOR LTTE-GSO AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both sides have been flexible on negotiations for a "mechanism" for distributing reconstruction assistance to the North and East, and the Norwegians believe an agreement is possible in the next few days. Such an agreement would not only assist in the reconstruction effort, but [...] | 2005-02-28 11:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE NO LTTE |
05COLOMBO451 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS TRY TO DOWNPLAY, DENY CHARGES [...] (SBU) Over the past week the local media have given broad coverage to reports of the February 23 UN Security Council session on child soldiers, highlighting in particular the reported recommendation by the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict that the Co [...] | 2005-03-01 11:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER CE UNICEF LTTE |
05COLOMBO454 | SRI LANKA: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's submission for the fifth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Andrea Tomaszewicz, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 18: Sri Lanka [...] | 2005-03-02 04:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE |
05COLOMBO457 | (SBU) SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND [...] (U) At a February 21 meeting, the Commissioner General of Essential Services instructed the Government Agents (GA) and lead shelter agencies to establish a district project office that will coordinate transitional shelter issues in each affected district. In addition, the Commissioner state [...] | 2005-03-02 10:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO458 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT ESTABLISHES COMMISSION TO [...] (C) Summary: Three female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were shot and injured in the eastern town of Akkaraipatuu, south of Ampara, on February 28, 2005. The police have a suspect in custody, allegedly a loyalist to breakaway eastern LTTE rebel Karuna. As with previous att [...] | 2005-03-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO461 | SRI LANKA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/ASSISTANCE [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4. 2. On March 3 the Embassy received a letter from a Member of Parliament requesting assistance with the repatriation of remains of a Sri Lankan national believed to have been killed in Iraq on February 11. According to the letter, Dewamullage [...] | 2005-03-03 10:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER IZ CE |
05COLOMBO464 | SRI LANKA RELIEF TO RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. SIPDIS 2. (U) We are sending these various items in hope they will be helpful in this week's IAWG discussions. 3. (U) Summary: --The GSL has outlined its policy on housing and tourism industry rebuilding alo [...] | 2005-03-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE |
05COLOMBO471 | SRI LANKA: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BILL DEBATED IN [...] (U) Summary. Recently proposed legislation to curb domestic violence contains provisions for victims, including interim and one-year protection orders, as well as supplementary orders mandating counseling for abusers. An NGO representative pointed out that the bill does not provide counseli [...] | 2005-03-04 05:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO472 | SRI LANKA: JVP JINGOISM ELICITS CLARIFICATION ON [...] (U) Coalition partner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) opposition to an official statement issued by the Government (GSL) on February 22 declaring its readiness to discuss "an interim arrangement" with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) prompted an official clarification of the GSL st [...] | 2005-03-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO485 | SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN ENVOY SAYS TSUNAMI [...] (C) In a March 6 conversation with the Ambassador, Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar, summarizing his findings after a trip to Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) headquarters in Kilinochchi the previous day, said that "if the Government of Sri Lanka really wants a mechanism (to coopera [...] | 2005-03-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO487 | SRI LANKA: KILLINGS IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Summary: Separate deadly incidents in the north and east March 4-6 highlight continuing tensions between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the northern Jaffna peninsula and the LTTE's fractured control of areas in the east. Security forces fired [...] | 2005-03-07 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO488 | SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WORRIED ABOUT LTTE AIR [...] (S) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 4, Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar expressed concern that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) air assets could be used to conduct suicide attacks against Government and/or foreign targets. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) views the Tige [...] | 2005-03-07 11:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO497 | SRI LANKA RELIEF TO RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (MARCH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The GSL has issued new guidance on NGO and donor activity in Sri Lanka, particularly with regard to the duty free entry of relief and reconstruction supplies into the country, but the situation remains confused. H [...] | 2005-03-08 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE MV |
05COLOMBO502 | USAID/OFDA DART TEAM MONITORING VISIT TO TSUNAMI- [...] MEMBERS OF THE USAID/OFDA DART TEAM VISITED THE HEAVILY AFFECTED EAST AND SOUTH COASTS OF SRI LANKA MARCH 2-7 TO MONITOR PROGRESS OF RELIEF ACTIVITIES AND ASSESS PROSPECTS FOR CONTINUED RECOVERY. AVAILABLE FUNDS ARE SUFFICIENT TO MEET RELIEF NEEDS IN THE DISTRICTS VISITED BUT IMPLEMENTATION F [...] | 2005-03-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO516 | SRI LANKA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNCHR 61 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 11. Ekanayake identified child soldiers (Ref B) as an issue of particular concern and one that the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister will emphasize [...] | 2005-03-11 06:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CE UNHRC |
05COLOMBO534 | SRI LANKA: CHILD MARRIAGE NOT COMMON [...] (U) Summary. Child marriage is not a significant problem in Sri Lanka. Under civil law, the legal age of marriage in Sri Lanka is 18 years old with no provision for marriage at an earlier age with parental consent. While Muslims follow their own cultural law and may marry at an earlier age, [...] | 2005-03-15 08:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN CE |
05COLOMBO542 | SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES TSUNAMI RELIEF AND [...] (SBU) Summary: While challenges remain, there has been some positive momentum in the transition from relief to rebuilding this week. The Ambassador met with the Prime Minister on March 14 and will meet the President on March 17 to discuss GSL policies and initiatives on tsunami relief and rec [...] | 2005-03-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL CE MV |
05COLOMBO547 | SRI LANKA: BISHOP OF JAFFNA SEES POPULAR [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with poloff in Colombo, Thomas Savundaranayagam, Catholic Bishop of Jaffna, reported that initial post-tsunami coordination among the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL),the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),NGOs and the Catholic Church ran smoothly. Since then, h [...] | 2005-03-17 03:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAID PGOV PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO557 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told President Kumaratunga that reconstruction effort was running into problems, especially on transitional shelter, with monsoon season looming. There was a risk of major problems that could cost Sri Lanka the international good will it had achieved in the emergency [...] | 2005-03-18 06:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TPHY EAID CE |
05COLOMBO558 | KUMARATUNGA SAYS READY TO SIGN JOINT MECHANISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga told Ambassador March 17 that she believes establishing a joint mechanism with LTTE for administration of tsunami reconstruction is necessary. One issue remains to be resolved. Once it is, she is ready to sign and does not believe her coalition partner the J [...] | 2005-03-18 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO559 | SRI LANKA: SHIFTING FOCUS FROM POST-CRISIS TO [...] (C) Several recent events indicate that the domestic political scene may be gearing down from the post-tsunami crisis mode of the last three months--in which more blatant displays of self-interest and short-sightedness had to be held in check--back to politics as usual. Examples include dela [...] | 2005-03-18 06:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO565 | SRI LANKA WILL CONSIDER POINTS ON CUBA CHR [...] (C) Ambassador raised Cuba CHR Resolution with Foreign Secretary Palihakkara on March 21, making points in reftel. SIPDIS Palihakkara was interested in the "minimalist" approach US was taking this year, and asked several questions. Ambassador provided him a copy of the draft resolution. [...] | 2005-03-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE UN |
05COLOMBO566 | SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW UN [...] (SBU) Prasad Kariyawasam, who has been appointed as Sri Lanka's new Permanent Representative to the UN, has been a valued Embassy contact whose professionalism, good judgment and familiarity with the U.S. have helped advance our bilateral economic agenda on a number of key fronts over the pas [...] | 2005-03-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL CE UN |
05COLOMBO567 | SRI LANKA: NO PATTERN OF FOREIGN MISSION [...] (C) There does not appear to be a widespread pattern by foreign missions to aid their nationals in departing Sri Lanka while under criminal investigation. We know of only one solid case in 2004, as well as accounts of possible cases before then. Sri Lankan authorities take cases of pedophili [...] | 2005-03-21 10:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG KCRM KFRD CE GM |
05COLOMBO569 | BAD PRESS: LTTE KILLS SUSPECTED DISSIDENTS AFTER [...] (U) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants attacked a camp of anti-LTTE Karuna loyalists in Thivichchenei, Polonnaruwa District, in the early morning hours of March 21, killing at least two suspected Karuna cadres. (Note: The Sri Lanka Army claims that the two dead are LTTE cadre [...] | 2005-03-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO574 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MCC CEO PAUL APPLEGARTH [...] (SBU) Summary: MCC CEO Applegarth's visit comes as Sri Lanka begins the post-Tsunami transition from relief to reconstruction. With ample public and private funds available for tsunami reconstruction, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Embassy see MCA funding as an opportunity to addre [...] | 2005-03-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA ECON EAID EFIN CE |
05COLOMBO583 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In Sri Lanka, post-disaster relief and reconstruction efforts, many of which were unavoidably developed and implemented on an ad hoc basis, appear to be evolving into a more structured, longer-term implementation phase. There are three main organizations currently spearheading [...] | 2005-03-23 10:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO595 | SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED "ENCOUNTER" KILLINGS BY [...] (SBU) Over the past four months, 17 suspected criminals have been shot and killed as they were being taken into police custody, primarily in Colombo and surrounding areas. Although police versions of such incidents invariably claim that the suspects attempted to shoot or otherwise injure pol [...] | 2005-03-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM CE |
05COLOMBO606 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LTTE "AIR FORCE", TSUNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Kadirgamar discussed how to deal with newly-revealed LTTE air capability and Sri Lankan reports of possible additional Tiger aircraft purchases. Kadirgamar, who had just returned from a two-week trip abroad, was uninformed about GSL moves to bring [...] | 2005-03-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM MCAP EAID CE CU ID UNHRC LTTE |
05COLOMBO615 | SRI LANKA: ELECTRICITY, FUEL STRIKES AVERTED [...] (SBU) Strikes threatened by unions at the state- owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) were averted late March 28 after a Cabinet vote on restructuring the two state-owned enterprises (SOEs) was postponed. Cities across the island reported crippling traf [...] | 2005-03-29 10:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO616 | SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES: SWIFT RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In sharp contrast to the December 26 earthquake and tsunami that caused devastating loss of life in Sri Lanka and Maldives, both governments responded quickly and efficiently to the potential for another deadly tsunami following the March 28 earthquake off the Indonesian islan [...] | 2005-03-29 11:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR CASC PHUM PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO629 | SRI LANKA - SITUATION REPORT ON SRI LANKAN RESPONSE [...] On March 28, 2005, at 2315 local time, a magnitude 8.7 earthquake occurred off the coast of Indonesia, destroying buildings and causing numerous deaths on the Sumatran island of Nias. The following cable details the actions taken by the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to alert residents to the [...] | 2005-03-30 11:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO639 | GSL POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI [...] This is an action request. Post received a Diplomatic Note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs providing the GSL Point of Contact for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Post would appreciate Department passing this information to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Post will also fax a co [...] | 2005-03-31 11:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL CE |
05COLOMBO646 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] Organizations involved in the transitional shelter sector continue to encounter obstacles to shelter construction. These obstacles include the lack of available materials, specifically timber, on the local market; delays in the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) allocation and identification o [...] | 2005-04-01 06:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO648 | FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS ANTI-CONVERSION BILL WILL [...] (C) Prior to receipt April 1 of ref b directing post to demarche GSL on proposed anti-conversion legislation, Ambassador had raised issue with Foreign Minister Kadirgamar on March 28 (ref a). Ambassador then discussed issue twice with Foreign Minister on afternoon of March 31 and with Foreig [...] | 2005-04-01 06:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM CE |
05COLOMBO65 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 7, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis killed 30,718 people in Sri Lanka. On January 7, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and USAID SIPDIS Administrator Andrew Natsios, along with the U.S. Ambassador and USAID/Colombo Health [...] | 2005-01-10 08:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO651 | REPORTED TRAVEL TO LTTE-CONTROLLED TERRITORY BY [...] (C) Several Colombo Sunday (April 3) newspapers ran brief articles reporting that U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis (7th District - Illinois) had visited Kilinocchi and Mullaitivu in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)- controlled "Wanni" region of northern Sri Lanka the day before. Ac [...] | 2005-04-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER OREP CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO659 | SRI LANKA: UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: SO MANY [...] (SBU) Despite a constitutional duty to ensure "universal and equal access to education at all levels," the state-run national university system in Sri Lanka, hamstrung by politicization, resource shortfalls and successive debilitating strikes, accommodated fewer than 14 percent of qualified s [...] | 2005-04-04 12:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL CE |
05COLOMBO663 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT MAKES NO COMMITMENTS ON CHR [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting with President Chandrika Kumaratunga during the visit of Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth, Ambassador raised the resolution on Cuba. As in previous demarches (Refs A-C),Ambassador stressed the closeness of last year's vote, the composition of th [...] | 2005-04-05 07:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CE UNHRC |
05COLOMBO666 | COLOMBO PLAN: CONSENSUS ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] This message is an Action Request -- Please see Para 4. 2. CONSENSUS ON ARREARS AMENDMENT: During the April 5 Colombo Plan Council meeting, poloff delivered points in Ref A, which were received with thanks and appreciation by the delegate from Thailand and the President and Secretary Gen [...] | 2005-04-05 10:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL SNAR CE |
05COLOMBO669 | SRI LANKA: NAVAL VESSEL FIRED ON BY SUSPECTED [...] (SBU) Just before 10:00 a.m. local time on April 5, a Sri Lankan naval inshore patrol craft was fired upon as it patrolled coastal waters about 700 meters from shore in the eastern district of Trincomalee. A monitor from the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) was on board the vessel (whic [...] | 2005-04-05 12:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO67 | TXFO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SITREP NO. 9, [...] (U) Consular efforts: As previously reported, the number of American citizens killed as a result of the tsunami stands at eight, with one additional AmCit missing and presumed dead. Conoffs have reduced the number of welfare and whereabouts cases: 15 AmCits remain unaccounted for in Sri La [...] | 2005-01-10 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAID CASC PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO672 | CUBA AT UNHRC: GSL UNDER INTERNAL PRESSURE, ALMOST [...] (C) Ambassador called Foreign Minister Kadirgamar April 6 to discuss Cuba resolution. Ambassador said that he had raised the issue with President Kumaratunga who had said she would discuss it with the Minister. Kadirgamar said that the GSL had "given this very close attention" and "tried to s [...] | 2005-04-06 06:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CE UNHRC |
05COLOMBO677 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] This cable is for use in the Tsunami IAWG meeting on Wednesday, April 6. 2. Post-tsunami relief and reconstruction continues at a measured pace in Sri Lanka, while Maldives appears to be moving ahead smartly. Ambassador will visit Maldives this week to survey reconstruction efforts and d [...] | 2005-04-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO678 | VISIT OF MCC CEO APPLEGARTH TO SRI LANKA INCREASES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 29-31 visit to Sri Lanka, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Paul Applegarth discussed Sri Lanka's potential compact proposal with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Rajapakse, Finance Minister Amunagama, Central Bank Governor Mendis, Opposition Lea [...] | 2005-04-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KMCA EAID ECON PREL CE |
05COLOMBO679 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES [...] (S) We appreciate the opportunity to review the status of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in our two countries. In both countries we experience good counter-terrorism cooperation but could accomplish a great deal more with a relatively modest increase in resources. Sri Lanka --------- [...] | 2005-04-07 04:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KJUS KISL MARR ASEC CE MV LTTE |
05COLOMBO684 | THE JAFFNA BLUES: NORTHERN TAMILS FEAR COLOMBO [...] (C) During a March 30-April 1 trip to the northern districts of Jaffna and Vavuniya, poloff and POL FSN met with local government officials, members of the judiciary, aid workers, human rights activists, Members of Parliament, university faculty and students, religious figures, members of the [...] | 2005-04-08 07:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO696 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] From April 5 to April 7, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Information Officer (IO) and a USAID/Colombo Foreign Service National (FSN) assisting the USAID/DART visited USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) implementing partners in Galle and Matara in southe [...] | 2005-04-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO697 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TSUNAMI-HIT ATOLL IN MALDIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador visited badly-damaged atoll in south Maldives. Temporary shelter for those who lost houses is well-planned, with community involvement. Most residents of severely-affected islands are willing to relocate to larger island. Maldives officials insist no one will be fo [...] | 2005-04-11 11:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EAID CE |
05COLOMBO70 | TXFO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SITREP NO. 9, [...] (U) Consular efforts: As previously reported, the number of American citizens killed as a result of the tsunami stands at eight, with one additional AmCit missing and presumed dead. Conoffs have reduced the number of welfare and whereabouts cases: 15 AmCits remain unaccounted for in Sri La [...] | 2005-01-11 01:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAID CASC PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO706 | SRI LANKA: "INFORMAL" SUPPORT FOR BELARUS [...] (C) On April 12, poloff delivered Ref B points to V. Krishnamoorthy, Director of UN, Human Rights, and Multilateral Affairs at the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Krishnamoorthy replied that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had no position on the Belarus resolution, as of yet. He thought the "d [...] | 2005-04-12 09:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CE UN |
05COLOMBO710 | POST-TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE TO MALDIVES [...] Reftels detail my recent visit to Maldives, where I had extensive discussions with Maldives Government officials and with UNDP on the state of reconstruction planning and the options for tsunami assistance. I came away with several clear impressions. --Government of Maldives (GORM)is very [...] | 2005-04-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER EAID CE |
05COLOMBO712 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] This contains an action request (Par 6). 2. We are sending this update early since Post will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday for Sri Lankan holidays. 3. The Ambassador and poloff visited the Maldives last week to discuss possible mechanisms for providing assistance, and visited sev [...] | 2005-04-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO725 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: USAID/DART [...] The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) field officer (FO) and USAID/Colombo Humanitarian Assistance Program Manager (HAPM) traveled to eastern Sri Lanka from April 6 to 9 to monitor USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)-funded programs and review the progress of [...] | 2005-04-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO732 | International Visitor Request: Sri Lankan MP's [...] (U) A group of seven Sri Lankan Members of Parliament (MP) have requested a fully-funded trip of a week to ten days' duration to visit Hawaii, California and Washington, D.C., in order to look at how the U.S. prepares for and responds to natural disasters. The group would like to visit the Ts [...] | 2005-04-20 01:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PTER EAID CE |
05COLOMBO739 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] This cable is for the Tsunami IAWG meeting on April 20, 2005. 2. (SBU) Summary: The transition from relief to rebuilding continues to be mixed. Assistant Secretary Rocca visited affected communities in the east and found many positive examples of community rebuilding efforts. The GSL and [...] | 2005-04-20 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV LTTE |
05COLOMBO741 | NORWEGIAN FACILITATOR SOLHEIM THINKS JOINT RELIEF [...] (C) Summary. Solheim is optimistic that a joint GSL/LTTE/Muslim mechanism for tsunami relief in the north and east will be signed soon but quite emphatic that, absent the mechanism, there will be no progress on peace for a long time. How the mechanism, if signed, would play out on the gro [...] | 2005-04-20 11:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE |
05COLOMBO742 | TWO RELIGIOUS "ANTI-CONVERSION" BILLS, TOO MUCH [...] (C) Summary: The government's anti-conversion legislation is ready for Parliament but must be formally published before it can be presented to the legislative body. There is no timeframe to formally publish the bill. The private member Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) bill will likely come befo [...] | 2005-04-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF CE |
05COLOMBO786 | SRI LANKA: INTERNECINE FIGHTING IN THE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Violence in the East*mainly involving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),Karuna faction cadres, and even the Sri Lankan military*continues to percolate, keeping tensions raw in this troubled region and slowly testing the limits of both the ceasefire agreement (CFA) and [...] | 2005-04-27 03:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR PHUM CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO787 | SRI LANKA: A/S ROCCA RAISES ANTI-CONVERSION [...] (C) In a series of separate discussions on April 20 with political leaders, government officials and human rights activists, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca and the Ambassador highlighted U.S. concerns over proposed anti-conversion legislation (reftel). A/S Rocca [...] | 2005-04-27 04:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PREL CE |
05COLOMBO788 | SRI LANKA: A/S ROCCA'S DISCUSSIONS ON THE PEACE [...] (C) In meetings with Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and political leaders on April 20, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca and the Ambassador urged greater flexibility from both the GSL and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in approaching the peace process. T [...] | 2005-04-27 06:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO789 | SRI LANKA: A/S ROCCA DISCUSSES TSUNAMI [...] (C) In an April 19 visit to the eastern district of Ampara and in discussions with government and political leaders in Colombo on April 20, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca reviewed the progress of post-tsunami reconstruction efforts and prospects for a proposed "jo [...] | 2005-04-27 06:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO792 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, please see para 7. Post-tsunami transition from relief to reconstruction continues. The pace and organization of tsunami relief and reconstruction remains on par with SIPDIS previous reporting. Joint Mechanism with LTTE: Going nowhere fast -- [...] | 2005-04-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO797 | NORWEGIANS SEE NO PROGRESS ON JOINT RELIEF [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegians report no progress on the joint relief mechanism since Solheim's visit earlier in April. Norwegian FM Peterson will try to cajole CBK (just returned from vacation) towards progress in an imminent phone conversation; DFM Helgesen may appear on BBC to rebut the vi [...] | 2005-04-28 09:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE |
05COLOMBO8 | TFXO01: MALDIVES AND SRI LANKA, SITREP NO. 6, [...] (U) American Citizens: The number of Americans confirmed killed stands at 7; 67 reports of missing Americans received by the Consular Section remain unresolved; 267 welfare/whereabouts cases have been resolved. 2. (U) Casualty Figures: According to the Ministry of Social Services, the n [...] | 2005-01-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR CASC PREL EAID CE MV |
05COLOMBO807 | SRI LANKA: WESTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL SHOWDOWN [...] (C) Summary: A growing controversy over the future of the Chief Minister of the Western Province has exacerbated already-strained tensions within the United People,s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and has breathed new life into the long-dormant opposition United National Party (UNP). At the same t [...] | 2005-04-29 01:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PTER CE |
05COLOMBO811 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-29 06:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO812 | PRO-LTTE JOURNALIST MURDERED IN COLOMBO [...] (U) Just one week after the abduction of a Colombo-area police inspector (Ref A),Dharmaretnam Sivaram (aka "Taraki"),a renowned Tamil journalist, was abducted from in front of a Colombo restaurant (and across the street from a police station) by unidentified assailants late April 28. Accord [...] | 2005-04-29 07:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO813 | TSUNAMI AID AND STATUARY: CHINESE PREMIER'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Chinese premier Wen Jiabao's April 8-9 visit here yielded some modest tsunami aid and debt relief, mutually reinforcing public condemnations of the "evil" of separatism, and a new bust of Chou Enlai for a Chinese-built conference center in Colombo. For the Sri Lankans, who face a hefty [...] | 2005-04-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID CH CE |
05COLOMBO816 | GSL IPR Enforcement Continues, Expands; [...] Summary: Sri Lankan courts recently convicted three stores in Colombo for IPR violations, following a major police crackdown on illegal music and video stores. The raids were carried out as a result of complaints made by a leading local agent of international movie and video recordings. Sri [...] | 2005-05-02 03:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KIPR OTRA CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO818 | SRI LANKA: BUDDHIST RELIGIOUS PARTY TRYING [...] (SBU) The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU),a Buddhist religious party whose 7 MPs are monks, is pressing ahead with a bill to outlaw "unethical" conversions, which it expects to come before Parliament on May 6. According to JHU MPs, the influx of Christian missionaries, under the guise of NGOs pr [...] | 2005-05-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO82 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 10, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,725 people in Sri Lanka. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment trip in Galle and concluded that water supply is not a critical need, but sa [...] | 2005-01-11 11:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO826 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) field officer (FO) and USAID/Colombo Project Development Specialist (PDS) traveled to Hambantota and Galle districts on Sri Lanka's south coast from April 26 to 28 to monitor USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)-funded pro [...] | 2005-05-03 09:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO831 | COLOMBO IPR TRAINING REQUEST [...] Per request ref B, Post is pleased to submit the following proposals for funding. Since the passage of a new IPR law in 2003, Sri Lanka has taken strong action to curb IPR violations in the past few months. The public and private sectors are working together to implement the IPR law. Econo [...] | 2005-05-04 06:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN OTRA KIPR CE USTR |
05COLOMBO832 | Multiparty demonstration in Colombo over murder [...] (U) Summary: Five days after the murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, a.k.a.Taraki, (see Reftel) prominent journalists from all political persuasions along with Members of Parliament and trade unionists gathered on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to express concern for me [...] | 2005-05-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO833 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (MAY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-04 09:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO834 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT TALKS POSITIVELY ON JOINT [...] (C) Summary. In a May 3 address to religious leaders, President Kumaratunga publicly expressed her desire to conclude a Joint Mechanism with the Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for distribution of aid in tsunami-affected areas. Kumaratunga said the Joint Mechanism would be the path t [...] | 2005-05-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO843 | SRI LANKA: POLITICAL PARTIES RALLY THEIR BASES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: This year's May Day--a traditional forum for parties to hold pep rallies to tout their accomplishments, outline future moves, and lambaste opponents--passed without incident this past weekend. The various rallies in Colombo sponsored by the Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP),the [...] | 2005-05-05 11:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO844 | COLOMBO CO-CHAIR REPS MULL OVER ISSUING STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. After May 5 discussion of whether to issue a statement in support of the joint mechanism for tsunami relief in the North and East, Colombo co-chair representatives agreed that such a statement would be most useful after the joint mechanism is agreed upon (assuming that happens [...] | 2005-05-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE |
05COLOMBO858 | LEGISLATIVE LIMBO?: ANTI-CONVERSION BILL SENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The private member's bill presented by the Buddhist nationalist Jathika Hela Urumayu (JHU) to prohibit "unethical" conversion was read out in Parliament for the second time on May 6. The Speaker referred the bill to an as-yet unconstituted Standing Committee for further revi [...] | 2005-05-09 11:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO868 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (MAY [...] (U) In Sri Lanka, reconstruction progress continues at a measured pace. The Government seems to be feeling less pressure on the transitional housing front and has announced that they have surpassed 22,000 transitional shelters and will achieve their goal of 30,000 shelters in place by June 3 [...] | 2005-05-11 07:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO870 | BURNING TIRES IN BATTICALOA: MORE PROBLEMS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) called a one-day strike that closed businesses and halted transportation in many areas of the north and east May 10. The strike was called ostensibly to protest the fatal shooting of a civilian protester at a Batticaloa checkpoint [...] | 2005-05-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO872 | SRI LANKA DEFERS FATE OF GOVERNMENT OWNED ELECTRIC [...] (U) Summary: The Government was forced to shelve its electricity sector restructuring plans on May 7, for the second time in five weeks, due to strong protests by unions. The withdrawal came after the Government failed to secure the support of unions affiliated with the Government's allianc [...] | 2005-05-12 04:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD ELAB PGOV CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO875 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
05COLOMBO877 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 11:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO878 | FOREIGN GOVERNMENT REQUEST FOR PRE [...] 542/01/T0007 2. 051205 3. RCMERRIN 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B. PROJECT DIRECTOR COLOMBO KATUNAYAKE EXPRESSWAY PROJECT ROAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 200 PANNIPITIYA ROAD, BATTARAMULLA, SRI LANKA 7. PHONE: NONE AVAILABLE 8. FAX: NONE AVAILABLE 9. 201 [...] | 2005-05-12 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO880 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO887 | VISIT TO BATTICALOA: PESSIMISM PERVADES VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON A MAY 9-11 TRIP TO BATTICALOA IN SRI LANKA'S TURBULENT EASTERN PROVINCE, POLOFF, INFORMATION OFFICER, A/RSO,AND POL FSN MET WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, PEACE MONITORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NGOS TO ASSESS THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND AND VIEWS RE [...] | 2005-05-13 06:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO888 | SRI LANKA: PROPOSED JOINT MECHANISM NOW POLITICAL [...] (C) Hopes that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would sign a joint mechanism on tsunami aid before the May 16-17 Development Forum are fading. The proposal has become a political hot potato for President Chandrika Kumaratunga, with her opponen [...] | 2005-05-13 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO890 | KUMARATUNGA GIVES STRONG INDICATION SHE WILL GO [...] (C) Summary. President Kumaratunga told the Ambassador May 13 that she is determined to go ahead with the joint mechanism despite opposition from coalition partner JVP although the process will take a few more weeks. The Ambassador stated that the U.S. supported her efforts and that a sign [...] | 2005-05-16 03:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PTER KIRF CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO895 | SRI LANKA: SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In a May 11 briefing to the diplomatic community, UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom Asma Jahangir said she had seen no evidence of forced conversions during her May 2-12 visit to Sri Lanka. While she heard credible reports of some instances of "inappropriate" conversion, she indic [...] | 2005-05-16 08:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO897 | Journalists in Eastern Sri Lanka Constrained in [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists in the East of Sri Lanka, concerned about their welfare, hesitate to report fully on events in the region. Reporters from the Batticaloa Media Alliance allege they cannot report freely from the Eastern province due to pressure from the LTTE and Sri Lankan Army for [...] | 2005-05-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO9 | TFXO02 - UPDATE OF ACTIVITIES OF USAID/OFDA [...] SUMMARY: A USAID AIR SHIPMENT LANDED YESTERDAY IN SRI LANKA BRINGING URGENTLY NEEDED RELIEF SUPPLIES FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS. USAID/DART HAS IDENTIFIED AND SIPDIS SUBMITTED FOR RAPID CONTRACTING THE FIRST APPROVED SELECTION OF NGO IMPLEMENTATION PROPOSALS. OTI IS DEVELOPING A RESPONSE TO SUPP [...] | 2005-01-02 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR CE |
05COLOMBO900 | Outreach on Newsweek Retraction of Koran [...] Reaction in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the original Newsweek story about alleged desecration of the Koran was muted and low-key. Media in both countries ran straight wire service reports about the controversy, but abstained from publishing or broadcasting outraged commentary and editorial [...] | 2005-05-17 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO KISL OIIP PREL CE MV |
05COLOMBO914 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (MAY [...] This cable provides updated information from Sri Lanka for the May 18 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Value Added Tax --------------- 2. (U) The Value Added Tax issue may be resolved. Ambassador received a letter from Finance Secretary P.B. Jayasundera over the weekend that provides a strea [...] | 2005-05-18 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO916 | SRI LANKA: STATUE STIRS STRIKE, VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) One person was killed and five injured in scattered grenade attacks in the eastern district of Trincomalee on May 17 during a two-day strike, or "hartal," to protest the erection of a large Buddha statue on government-owned land. The Embassy has received no reports of U.S. citizens hurt or [...] | 2005-05-18 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KIRF PTER PHUM CASC CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO921 | SRI LANKA: POLICE SOFT-PEDALING INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) Findings from Pol FSN's May 16 visit to the site of a church attack in the southwestern district of Galle indicate an unwillingness from local authorities to prosecute the perpetrators, who include two Buddhist monks and the chairman of the village council. The pastor of the church, w [...] | 2005-05-19 09:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO93 | TXFO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SITREP NO. 10, [...] (U) Consular efforts: The consular section continues to focus entirely on tsunami-related efforts. The number of AmCits deaths in Sri Lanka still stands at eight, with one addition AmCit missing and presumed dead. Consular staff have reduced the number of welfare and whereabouts cases to s [...] | 2005-01-12 12:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAID CASC PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO933 | SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT VOWS TO PASS JOINT MECHANISM, [...] (U) President Chandrika Kumaratunga gave an extemporaneous and sometimes emotional opening speech to the Sri Lanka Development Forum in Kandy on May 16, vowing to sign the "Joint Mechanism" on tsunami relief with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). She also asked donors to support [...] | 2005-05-20 05:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ECON EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO934 | SRI LANKAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM EXCEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Government of Sri Lanka and the donor community met in Kandy May 16-17 to discuss Sri Lanka's post-tsunami situation, the country's development goals and the peace process. Hosted by the Ministry of Finance and organized in collaboration with the World [...] | 2005-05-20 05:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO94 | TFXO01: GOVERNMENT/LTTE RELIEF COORDINATION [...] (C) Coordination between Government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) relief efforts on the ground, especially in the east, remains adequate, according to UN and foreign diplomatic sources, despite recent allegations and counter-allegations in the local press of obstructionism and/o [...] | 2005-01-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV AEMR EAID CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO954 | Leading Tamil Editor Receives Death Threats [...] (U) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, (Reftel),another prominent Tamil journalist, Vediwel Thevaraj, Acting Editor- in-Chief of the mainstream independent Tamil daily Virakesari, has reported receiving anonymous death threats. Mr. [...] | 2005-05-26 11:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO955 | SRI LANKA: COMMUNAL TENSION CONTINUES OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious and ethnic tensions continue to percolate in Trincomalee over the May 16 erection of a large Buddha statue on public land in the city center. A May 18 decision by a local judge ordering the removal of the statue has not yet been implemented, and the statue remains, [...] | 2005-05-26 12:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KIRF CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO956 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] From May 17 - 20, the USAID/OFDA Shelter Specialist, USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Information Officer (IO),and USAID/Colombo Project Management Assistant traveled to Ampara District to monitor USAID/OFDA- funded programs and visit tsunami-affected areas. The USAID team met [...] | 2005-05-27 03:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
05COLOMBO961 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR AIR DEFENSE RADARS [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS REQUESTED THROUGH A US COMPANY PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM SALE FOR AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF AIR DEFENSE RADARS. LIKELY RADARS MENTIONED ARE THE SENTINEL OR ANTPQ36A. A SYSTEM SALE WOULD INCLUDE ASSOCIATED SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, SPARES AND [...] | 2005-05-31 07:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO965 | Post-MFA Challenges Twist Garment Sector Knickers [...] (U) Summary: Although, there was much concern in the last few months of 2004 about the end of the Multi-Fiber Agreement (MFA) and the possible loss of up to 30,000 jobs, this problem paled in comparison with the enormous loss of over 30,000 lives from the tsunami on the eve of the MFA expiry [...] | 2005-05-31 09:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO971 | Special Media Reaction: Former President Bill [...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of President Clinton's May 27-28 visit to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Relief was prominent and widespread. Electronic and print media reported on the visit through the weekend and Monday. The coverage of the former Presi [...] | 2005-06-01 01:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE |
05COLOMBO972 | FISCAL RESTRAINT ON ILO'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB CE ILO |
05COLOMBO973 | CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL CE ILO |
05COLOMBO974 | SRI LANKA ACCEPTS US DEBT RELIEF OFFER [...] This is an action request, please see para 3. Post has received a letter from Mr. J.H.J. Jayamaha, Additional Director General for External Resources at the Sri Lankan Finance Ministry, accepting the USG offer for debt relief, asking us to conclude a bilateral agreement, providing a copy of [...] | 2005-06-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON CE |
05COLOMBO976 | SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable is for the Tsunami IAWG on June 1, 2005. 2. (U) The May 27-28 visit by former President Clinton went well and is summarized in Ref A. Media reaction is provided in Ref B. Update on USG Activity ---------------------- 3. (U) On the ground progress continues, with the [...] | 2005-06-01 09:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV CE MV |
05COLOMBO998 | SRI LANKA: ASSASSINATIONS, COUNTER-KILLINGS [...] (C) The May 31 killing of a Sri Lanka Army intelligence officer as he drove to work in Colombo (Ref A) is only the latest installment in a recurrent pattern of assassinations and counter-killings by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its rivals, primarily members of the breakaway [...] | 2005-06-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE |
05DHAKA6292 | SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL ENERGY MEETING, DHAKA, [...] THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE USAID SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/ENERGY) WAS HELD IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH ON DECEMBER 6-7, 2005. THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ACCESS. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY 115 PERSONS FROM THE PRIVATE AN [...] | 2005-12-21 03:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG US IN NP CE PK AF TH |
05MUSCAT25 | OMAN DELIVERS TSUNAMI AID TO SRI LANKA [...] As reported in reftel B, the government of Oman has offered to facilitate the delivery of private contributions to tsunami victims in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. On January 4, the first Omani flights carrying relief supplies left the Sultanate for Colombo. The flights, with more to follow in t [...] | 2005-01-05 09:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PGOV PREL CE MU |
05MUSCAT59 | ADDITIONAL TSUNAMI AID [...] As reported in ref B, the government of Oman has offered to facilitate the delivery of private contributions to tsunami victims in the Indian Ocean region. Since an initial SIPDIS shipment of 41 tons of aid, the government of Oman has committed to shipping over 300 tons of relief supplies. [...] | 2005-01-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL AEMR CE ID MU |
05NEWDELHI103 | INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 5 [...] (SBU) Summary: Consular officers in India, through nightly call-backs in response to tsunami-related missing persons inquires, have closed more than 350 cases in the last 48 hours and expect to bring the number below 200 by January 6. Following the Ambassador's January 4 press conference, r [...] | 2005-01-05 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV |
05NEWDELHI1074 | INDIA EXPRESSES QUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR A TSUNAMI [...] Mission presented reftel points on the formation of a tsunami coordination group to the MEA which, on February 10, SIPDIS responded with a non-paper (the text of which is in paragraph two) in support of such a group, provided its approach is multilateral, and focused on organizing a donor c [...] | 2005-02-10 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EFIN CE IN |
05NEWDELHI1224 | INDIA RIDING HIGH ON POST-TSUNAMI WAVE OF GOOD [...] (C) Summary: As a concrete demonstration of India's magnanimity and competence, New Delhi's recent large-scale assistance to its tsunami-stricken neighbors had illustrated the country's standing as a regional and emerging world power, according to observers here. India is particularly proud [...] | 2005-02-16 10:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD CE IN |
05NEWDELHI139 | INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 6 [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Defense Secretary Singh on January 6 to request that New Delhi send liaison officers to Utapao and Honolulu. In a sign of the GOI's strong commitment to our tsunami partnership, the Foreign Secretary on January 5 held a rare joint briefing with the SIPD [...] | 2005-01-06 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN |
05NEWDELHI140 | REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON [...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1),and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...] | 2005-01-06 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH |
05NEWDELHI1426 | FOREIGN SECRETARY EMPHASIZES NEIGHBORS' IMPACT ON INDIA [...] (C) Summary: In a carefully considered February 14 speech on New Delhi's South Asia policy, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran unveiled a more muscular approach toward India's neighborhood that reflects the GOI's shifting view of its role in the world. Departing from the standard GOI line on the [...] | 2005-02-24 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN KDEM NP BG PK CE IN SAARC |
05NEWDELHI227 | AID TO THE TIGERS: ON THE SAME PAGE [...] (C) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with MEA Director (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives) Taranjit Singh Sandhu, PolCouns explained the USG position on tsunami disaster relief for Tiger controlled areas in Sri Lanka, including the US intention not to deploy military forces to LTTE areas. Sandhu res [...] | 2005-01-10 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AEMR EAID MASS PTER SOCI CE BG IN |
05NEWDELHI282 | PM UPBEAT ON US-INDIA RELATIONS REAFFIRMS EXPORT CONTROL COMMITMENT WITH CODEL FRIST [...] (C) Summary: Senators Frist, McConnell, DeWine and Coleman discussed a broad range of issues with PM Manmohan Singh during their January 10 meeting, including US-India ties, Tsunami disaster relief, democratization in Burma, HIV/AIDS, trade and the WTO, Iraq, NSSP, Indo-Pak relations, and UNS [...] | 2005-01-12 08:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC EAID KDEM IN PK IZ BM CE US |
05NEWDELHI2964 | REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: BANGLADESH, SRI [...] (C) Summary: During the April 18 Regional Dialogue meeting with SA Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca, Joint Secretary Neelam Deo (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) expressed SIPDIS satisfaction that the USG's assessment of trends in Bangladesh had moved closer to New Delhi's. Her comments focused [...] | 2005-04-20 12:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM BG CE AF IN |
05NEWDELHI33 | SARAN EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR TSUNAMI [...] (C) In a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Saran expressed satisfaction at the US-India SIPDIS partnership in responding to the December 26 Bay of Bengal tsunami, and offered his understanding that the core group -- SIPDIS having effectively triggered a robust respo [...] | 2005-01-03 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS CE IN |
05NEWDELHI353 | INDIA TSUNAMI UPDATE: JANUARY 13 [...] (SBU) Summary: Consular officers in Chennai continue to work to resolve the fewer than 20 remaining missing persons inquiries in India. The USAID/DART team that conducted assessments in Andhra Pradesh has found that there is not an emergency need for shelter, food and water in the state. The [...] | 2005-01-13 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN |
05NEWDELHI36 | GOI DISCOURAGES CODEL TRAVEL TO TSUNAMI-AFFECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to requests for US Congressional travel to tsunami-devastated areas of South India, Foreign Secretary Saran expressed gratitude on January 3 for the many expressions of condolence and support, but asked that US Codels not/not travel to South India. Saran, who is Ind [...] | 2005-01-03 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH CE IN |
05NEWDELHI3769 | MEA PROVIDES "NEXT STEPS" FOR US-INDIA CT JWG [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- see Para 4. 2. (U) Summary: MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall recently gave Poloff the GOI's understanding of the next steps agreed to at the August 31-September 1, 2004, Sixth Meeting of the India-US Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),with a r [...] | 2005-05-19 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL EFIN SNAR TBIO IN AF PK CE BG NP US INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI38 | INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP JANUARY 3 [...] (SBU) Summary: India-wide, consular officers have amassed a database of 500 missing persons inquiries to which they are responding, but still have no reported Amcit casualties in India. Mission engagement with the GOI on tsunami relief for India and the region continued with the Ambassador's [...] | 2005-01-03 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN |
05NEWDELHI4089 | PM OPTIMISTIC ON INDO-PAK BUT COUNSELS AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: Speaking to foreign journalists on May 30 regarding the UPA government's one year anniversary, PM Manmohan Singh offered an upbeat assessment of Indo-Pak relations, but warned that a major terrorist attack could still derail the peace process. He also advised against artificial [...] | 2005-06-01 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG CE IN PK INDO PAK |
05NEWDELHI4434 | INDIA SUPPORTS SRI LANKA'S JOINT MECHANISM AND AIR [...] (C) Summary: During Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's visit to New Delhi on June 2-3, PM Singh gave GOI conditional support for the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),discussed concerns about the LTTE's air capability, and offered to upgrade Sri Lankan Air Forc [...] | 2005-06-13 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS ECON CE IN |
05NEWDELHI5048 | U/S BURNS' DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTH ASIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 25 to review Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, and briefly Sri Lanka. Although pleased with the groundswell of support for people-to-people exchanges with Pakistan, Saran warned that a single [...] | 2005-07-01 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK AF IR NP BG CE IN US |
05NEWDELHI5319 | INDIA HOPING TO LURE NEPAL MAOISTS INTO POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae, PolCouns emphasized the need to SIPDIS coordinate USG and GOI policy to prevent sending mixed messages to the Nepalese political parties, Maoists, and King, and expressed concern about the risks inherent in New [...] | 2005-07-11 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PHUM PTER IN NP AF CE |
05NEWDELHI6340 | MEA: TURN UP THE HEAT ON THE LTTE [...] (C) Summary: The GOI was saddened but not surprised by the August 12 assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar -- apparently by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- because he, as a moderate Tamil, was considered the LTTE's second-most important target after P [...] | 2005-08-16 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS KCRM PGOV ECON IN CE |
05NEWDELHI7083 | DEMARCHE ON LTTE ACTIVITIES DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (C) We delivered Ref A demarche on September 8 to MEA Director (Americas) Sanjay Bhattacharyya and Deputy Secretary (Sri Lanka) Anupam Ray, both of whom accepted it without substantial comment. We pointed out that our giving the GOI this demarche was more about demonstrating our resolve to c [...] | 2005-09-13 08:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IN CE |
05NEWDELHI74 | INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 4 [...] (SBU) Summary: India Consular officers have been focusing on unaccounted for American citizens through an ongoing effort to respond to inquiries, and have been successful in resolving about 170 cases. In a January 4 session with members of the local media, the Ambassador highlighted the US r [...] | 2005-01-04 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN |
05NEWDELHI8010 | MEA FORMULATING "MORE ACTIVE ROLE" IN SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Summary: The MEA's Deputy Secretary for Sri Lanka Anupam Ray told us that New Delhi is concerned about the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka, and has decided the ""time has come"" for India to start ""taking a higher profile in Sri Lanka."" The GOI does not, however, wish for a facilitatio [...] | 2005-10-14 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN |
05NEWDELHI8247 | NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN [...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...] | 2005-10-24 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH |
05NEWDELHI8892 | INDIA CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES NEW SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The GOI called Mahinda Rajapakse's victory in the November 17 Sri Lankan Elections a ""wake-up call for India"" and plans to use the new President's upcoming visit to New Delhi to stress the importance of maintaining the Cease-Fire Agreement while continuing India's already close rela [...] | 2005-11-23 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN |
05RANGOON1199 | SOUTH ASIAN VIEWS ON BURMA: ENGAGE THE GENERALS [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime has generally looked North and East (China and ASEAN) for its foreign political relationships and to China and Thailand for its primary economic ties to the outside world. India's two-year old policy of sustained engagement with the current SPDC regime, howeve [...] | 2005-10-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM IN PK CE NP BG |
05VATICAN253 | CATHOLIC AID ORGANIZATIONS: TSUMANI RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID SENV SOCI CE ID IN ML MY TH VT |
05VATICAN513 | ANTI-CONVERSION LEGISLATION CONCERNS VATICAN; JESUIT HAS [...] (C) Vatican Country Director for Sri Lanka Monsignor Bernardito Auza told us recently that the Vatican was concerned about pending anti-conversion legislation in that country. He emphasized the "dangerous" effect such legislation could have on schools, orphanages, old age homes, hospitals, and [...] | 2005-08-17 10:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF KISL VT CE |
06BANGKOK3522 | SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On June 14, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit of MFA's North American Division and to Krit Tankanarat of MFA's South Asia Division. Both Paisit and Krit assured PolOff that they would pass reftel points to their superiors but suggested they would not have a formal re [...] | 2006-06-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE TH |
06BANGKOK4374 | SRI LANKA: TENTATIVE THAI RESPONSE ON CONTACT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. 2 (C) On July 20, poloffs had follow-up consultation with Panyarak Poolthup, Deputy Director-General from MFA's Department of South Asian Affairs and other MFA South Asian and Counter-Terrorism officials to discuss reftel demarche. Panya [...] | 2006-07-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PREL PTER CE TH |
06BEIJING13004 | PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING ASSESSING HOW TO ENGAGE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The eight-point agreement between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists in Nepal could be a turning point in the peace negotiations between the two sides, a Chinese MFA official said. The SPA and the new government are aware that if they do not solve the Maoist question, [...] | 2006-06-20 06:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BEIJING24541 | PRC/INDIA: MFA SAYS NO CHANGE IN POSITION ON [...] (C) PRC views on the US)India civil nuclear agreement have not changed, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Xia Tian said when asked about Ref A report suggesting that China's MFA Spokesperson had characterized the agreement as "beneficial." Xia told p [...] | 2006-12-15 00:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE PK CH |
06BEIJING4361 | PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUAN RESCHEDULES TRIP TO NEPAL, [...] (C) State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has rescheduled his trip to Nepal and will go March 16-18 (as reported Ref A),though the trip has yet to be officially announced by the PRC. MFA Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian told Poloffs March 8 that Ta [...] | 2006-03-08 05:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BEIJING5355 | PRC/NEPAL: AFTER TANG'S VISIT, PRC READY TO WORK [...] (C) China is interested in taking a more active role in working with the United States to encourage reconciliation talks between the King and Nepal's political parties, according to MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui. In a March 21 meeting with visiting U.S. Ambassador to [...] | 2006-03-23 14:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BEIJING7692 | PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING CONCERNED SITUATION MAY [...] (C) Beijing is worried that the situation in Nepal is deteriorating, and believes that civil war is "an immediate possibility," Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei told the CDA April 24. After requesting the meeting to share PRC concerns over the deteriorating situation in Nepal and ask for U.S. v [...] | 2006-04-24 22:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BEIJING7838 | PRC/NEPAL: CHINA ENCOURAGED BY KING'S SPEECH BUT [...] (C) China has already issued a statement of support for the agreement reached by the King and the Seven-Party Alliance to restore order and stability to Nepal, according to MFA Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian. In an April 25 meeting, Huan [...] | 2006-04-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BERN1626 | ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-06 06:08:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ |
06BERN1710 | SWISS RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ |
06BUDAPEST1024 | HUNGARY: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON EU [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and background to Erno Bohar, Director General of the MFA's Fifth Territorial District on May 15. Bohar told Poloff that the MFA does not plan to have a response until May 18. Post will report response septel. 2. (U) Visit Embassy Budapest's classified [...] | 2006-05-16 06:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE HU |
06BUDAPEST1127 | HUNGARY: FINAL RESPONSE TO EU TAMIL TIGERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE HU |
06CHENNAI1426 | TAMIL NADU: NO POPULAR SUPPORT FOR SRI LANKAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tamil Nadu Government (GoTN) and the state's political parties across the board continue to voice sympathy for the Tamils of Sri Lanka but there is little evidence of a groundswell of support in Tamil Nadu for the LTTE or other militant groups. In a recent meeting with Cons [...] | 2006-07-11 11:01:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PTER PHUM IN CE |
06CHENNAI1497 | SMALL INDIAN SHRIMP EXPORTERS SETTLE WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 24 Indian shrimp exporters have reached agreement with the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) to remove their names from the Department of Commerce's review list for imposition of dumping duties. This continues the trend that began in May when exporters from Thailand, Vietnam and E [...] | 2006-07-13 11:48:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV EFIS EIND IN CE BR EC TH CH VM |
06CHENNAI1818 | FURTHER INCREASE IN SRI LANKAN REFUGEE ARRIVALS [...] (SBU) With the tense situation prevailing in northern Sri Lanka, there has been a further rise in the number of refugees arriving Tamil Nadu. According to Chennai-based UNHCR Associate Repatriation Officer Vadeja Bharati, 528 persons landed at Mandapam on August 20, the highest number to land [...] | 2006-08-21 11:52:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM CE IN |
06CHENNAI2308 | SCA/INS DIRECTOR BERNICAT ENGAGES SOUTH INDIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Political analysts Lt. General V.R. Raghavan and N. Sathiya Moorthy agreed that prospects for the upcoming October 28 talks were somewhat encouraging between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during discussions on October 5 with [...] | 2006-10-10 11:47:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER IN NP CE |
06CHENNAI2555 | MILITARY ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA: TAMIL NADU URGES CENTER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pro-Eelam Tamil rhetoric has again gone into high pitch in Tamil Nadu following the recent Sri Lankan army attacks in Tamil areas (ref a) and in anticipation of the upcoming India visit of Sri Lankan President Rajapakshe. Chief Minister Karunanidhi cited the recent attacks on Ta [...] | 2006-11-13 10:03:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN CE |
06CHENNAI2575 | SRI LANKA PRESIDENT'S INDIA VISIT CAUSES MILD TURBULENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations, quiet in-camera consultations with the Center, and passive indifference -- Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India has drawn three types of responses from Tamil Nadu's political parties. Tamil Nadu's smaller pro-LTTE parties such as the MD [...] | 2006-11-27 11:04:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IN CE |
06CHENNAI2601 | SUSPECTED LTTE ARMS SMUGGLING FROM TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A chance discovery in southern Tamil Nadu of thousands of "gelex boosters" suspected to be on their way to Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has embarrassed the state police, who long have denied any arms movement from the state. Separately, the Indian Navy sei [...] | 2006-12-12 07:33:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IN CE |
06CHENNAI898 | SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEES AGAIN ARRIVING IN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Tamil refugee leader Chandrahasan has reported to Post and Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) officials have confirmed that on May 6, a renewed flow of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka to south India began after a hiatus of four months. The flow at this point is light but may increas [...] | 2006-05-09 11:48:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PTER IN CE |
06CHENNAI954 | QUESTIONS ABOUT TAMIL NADU/LTTE CONNECTIONS [...] C) SUMMARY: Despite the fact that Tamil Nadu is home to the largest population of Tamils in the world, there is virtually no support in the state for the LTTE. There is no financial support coming from the state, no significant supplies flowing from Tamil Nadu to the LTTE, and almost no public [...] | 2006-05-15 10:59:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER CE IN |
06COLOMBO1 | FOREIGN MINISTER TO STRESS DEMOCRACY, NEED TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera plans to brief Secretary Rice on Sri Lanka's efforts to maintain its long democratic tradition as it grapples with a bloody, brutal terrorist challenge and to ask for a strong effort to ensure the LTTE is not raising funds in the U.S. He des [...] | 2006-01-03 05:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KIRF CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO1002 | SRI LANKA WILL TAKE "APPROPRIATE DECISION" ON ICRC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director of U.N. and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 14. Ekanayake said his government had sent instructions to its delegation in Geneva, adding, "Sri Lanka will not associate itself with Syri [...] | 2006-06-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CE |
06COLOMBO1006 | SRI LANKA: MONITORS HOPE TO PROCEED AS USUAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) chief Ulf Henricsson on June 14 to discuss the status of the monitors following the aborted meeting between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) scheduled for June 8-9. (Reftel) He [...] | 2006-06-14 11:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1008 | CLAYMORE ATTACK ON CIVILIAN BUS [...] (SBU) On Thursday, June 15, 2006 the American Embassy received reports of a claymore mine attack on a civilian bus north east of Anuradhapura town in North Central Province. We have been advised that at approximately 0740 on June 15, 2006, a government operated civilian passenger bus traveling [...] | 2006-06-15 09:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CE PTER |
06COLOMBO1012 | SRI LANKA'S HIGH SUICIDE RATES: A PERSISTENT PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite broad awareness of Sri Lanka's high suicide rate, several factors inhibit the Sri Lankan government's ability to address this public health problem. Suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) pose a financial burden on Sri Lanka's healthcare and police and negatively affect [...] | 2006-06-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV TBIO EAGR ECON CE |
06COLOMBO1018 | SRI LANKA: WORST LTTE ATTACK ON CIVILIANS SINCE [...] (C) Summary. Following a presumed LTTE mine attack on a crowded civilian bus near North-central Vavuniya on the morning of June 15 that killed at least 64 people (Ref A),the Sri Lanka military launched limited retaliation on LTTE targets south of Trincomalee, and Mullaitivu, headquaters of [...] | 2006-06-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1020 | SRI LANKA BROADLY ALIGNED WITH US POSITION ON DRIP [...] (C) Poloff joined New Zealand poloff (visiting from New Delhi) and Australian DCM and poloff June 15 in delivering reftel demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant of UN and Multilateral Affairs at Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ekanayake agreed with the points in the demarche and sa [...] | 2006-06-16 05:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1022 | SRI LANKA: AIR STRIKES CONTINUE ON LTTE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Following a devastating presumed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claymore mine attack on a civilian bus on June 15 and limited Sri Lanka military retaliation on Tiger sea and air targets the same day, air raids continued the morning of June 16. Monitors and authorities f [...] | 2006-06-16 08:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1030 | SRI LANKA: CEASEFIRE CONTINUES TO FRAY AFTER TIGER [...] (C) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan Military continued to engage each other militarily June 16 - 18. According to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),the Sea Tigers launched a largely unsuccessful attack on a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) base at Pesalai, Mann [...] | 2006-06-19 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1032 | IMPENDING CHANGE IN GOVERNOR HOLDS PROSPECT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The unexpected resignation of Central Bank Governor Sunil Mendis, and the still unofficial announcement that he will be replaced by Senior Presidential Economic Advisor Nivard Cabraal, marks an opportunity for a weakened Central Bank to reassert its independence from Treasury Secr [...] | 2006-06-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1038 | A POSSIBLE WAY OUT OF THE FUEL CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 11, THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) RAISED THE PRICE OF FUEL FOR THE SECOND TIME IN EIGHT WEEKS AND ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LIBERALIZE FUEL PRICES. THE PRICE HIKE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE STATIONS IN SRI LANKA, RUN BY THE INDIAN OWNED LANKA INDIAN OIL C [...] | 2006-06-21 03:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG ECON CE |
06COLOMBO1040 | INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER SHARES OUR CONCERNS ON [...] (C) Ambassador called on Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao June 20 to discuss situation in Sri Lanka, possibility of a US-India joint demarche (ref a),and US proposals for international contact groups on LTTE financing and weapons procurement. Rao had just returned from a two-week vacation in [...] | 2006-06-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE |
06COLOMBO1041 | SRI LANKA: GROWING EVIDENCE THAT NAVAL PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: On June 17, during a military engagement between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces (reftel) in Pesalai, on the Mannar peninsula in northwest Sri Lanka, at least thirty civilians were injured, one fatally, while taking sh [...] | 2006-06-21 11:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1047 | NORWEGIANS RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, EU MONITORS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tigers insist monitors from EU-members states must leave, give 30-day window for transition. Future of the monitoring mission now extremely problematic, Norwegians will discuss it with other Nordics on June 28. Tigers upset about their treatment at Colombo airport while returning from [...] | 2006-06-23 05:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO |
06COLOMBO1048 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER ASSESSES THE CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP),criticized the president's alliance with the Marxist Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). Wickremesinghe felt the president's Sri Lanka Freedom [...] | 2006-06-23 05:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1051 | SRI LANKA: LOCAL NGOS INDICT LTTE, KARUNA, AND [...] (C) Summary. Poloff spoke with representatives from several of Sri Lanka's primary NGOs and think tanks June 21-22 to get their views on the military engagement between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) since a June 15 presumably-LTTE bus bombing [...] | 2006-06-26 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1052 | INITIAL FIRST QUARTER GDP STATS MAY BE MISLEADING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS),an agency coming within the Ministry of Finance and Planning, has released quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data for the first quarter of 2006. According to these statistics, GDP in the first quarter of 2006 was 7 percent mor [...] | 2006-06-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CE |
06COLOMBO1053 | SRI LANKA: TIGER SUICIDE BOMBERS ASSASSINATE SRI [...] (C) Summary: At 7:45 AM on June 26, two presumed-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) motorcycle-mounted suicide bombers killed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Major General Parami Kulathunga and three soldiers in Pannapitiya, a suburb approximately 15 km from Colombo. Ku [...] | 2006-06-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1076 | EXBS: SRI LANKA DELEGATION TO GLOBAL TRANSSHIPMENT AND [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has nominated the following four (4) officials to attend the above seminar. Name: Professor B M O Perera Designation: Chairman Atomic Energy Authority of Sri Lanka Email address: oswinperera@yahoo.co.uk Name: Shanthi Sudusinghe Desig [...] | 2006-06-30 06:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC TH CE |
06COLOMBO1077 | WTO Doha Round Negotiations: Demarche Request [...] Post provided talking points contained in reftel to senior government officials dealing with WTO matters in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Trade and its Department of Commerce and the Ministry of Finance and Planning on June 27. These officials requested time to get back to us w [...] | 2006-06-30 06:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | WTRO ETRD ECON CE |
06COLOMBO1090 | SRI LANKA: NORTHERN GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES SPEAK [...] (C) Summary. The Government Agents of the northern districts of Jaffna and Mannar and the District Judge of Vavuniya spoke candidly with us in separate meetings June 28-30 about the ground situation in the majority-Tamil areas in which they serve, including military attacks on civilians and t [...] | 2006-07-03 09:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO110 | SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER US REQUEST ON APG VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER KCRM CE |
06COLOMBO1103 | AMBASSADOR USES FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's July 4 farewell call, President Rajapaksa evinced confidence that his all-party effort will produce a viable document on the future of the country and made clear that he has no plans to ditch his radical political ally, the JVP. He listened carefully to [...] | 2006-07-05 08:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1107 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT MAKES PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. In a TV interview July 4, President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for the resumption of peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the wake of several Tiger attacks on security forces (Ref B). On July 3, a presumed Tiger explosion at a police checkpoint near Anurad [...] | 2006-07-05 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO111 | Special Media Reaction: Further Reaction to [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sri Lankan media over the holiday weekend continued to analyze the Ambassador's January 10 speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in which he expressed grave concern over LTTE violence and predicted the Tigers would face a stronger Sri Lankan military if they chose to ab [...] | 2006-01-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO1118 | SRI LANKA - CIVAIR-AIRLINE DESIGNATION UNDER OPEN SKIES [...] Per reftel requests, post delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka and to the Director General of Civil Aviation, designating all U.S. carriers to operate scheduled and charter transportation on the US route(s),under the United States-Sri Lanka Air Transport [...] | 2006-07-06 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA CE |
06COLOMBO1127 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY GIVES BLUNT MESSAGE OF [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Secretary Saran delivered a "tough love" message of support, remarkably similar to our own, to the Sri Lankan government during his visit here July 3-4. The Indians are increasingly concerned about "disarray" in the military establishment and believe President R [...] | 2006-07-09 08:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE |
06COLOMBO1140 | SRI LANKA: ARMY'S U.S.-FUNDED HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Sri Lanka Army's (SLA) U.S.-sponsored humanitarian demining program, begun after the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) signed a Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in February 2002, has lately hit snags which bring into question the program's [...] | 2006-07-12 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1141 | Special Media Reaction: Sri Lankan Media on Ambassador [...] (U) Summary: Coverage in the Sri Lankan media of Ambassador Lunstead's final press conference July 11 was widespread and positive. All four English language papers provided coverage, two on the front page below the fold. Three of four Tamil dailies and two of four Sinhalese broadsheets also [...] | 2006-07-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE |
06COLOMBO1142 | SRI LANKA SHUTS DOWN MAIN PAY TV OPERATORS [...] (U) Summary: A sudden clampdown on two of the biggest companies offering pay TV services in Sri Lanka has caused distress to investors and thousands of subscribers. The initial reason for the closure of the first operator was an alleged but still unproven connection to the Liberation Tigers [...] | 2006-07-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ECPS SCVL CE |
06COLOMBO1149 | SRI LANKA: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTRY PUSHES [...] (C) Summary. On July 12, the newly-formed Ministry of Human Rights and Disaster Management headed by Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a briefing at which senior members of the armed forces and police updated the diplomatic corps on human rights training and the status of investigations of [...] | 2006-07-13 09:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1156 | SRI LANKA: ALL-PARTY TALKS ON ETHNIC ISSUE RESUME [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, President Rajapaksa addressed both an All-Party Conference (APC),called to develop a solution to the ethnic conflict, and an Experts' Panel, drawn to provide constitutional and legal advice to the APC. The main opposition United National Party (UNP) did not attend t [...] | 2006-07-14 05:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1160 | NEW TAX ON FOREIGN BROADCASTING COULD CRIPPLE POPULAR [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan government (GSL) has imposed a hefty tax exclusively on foreign commercials, television programs, and movies distributed via television. Private TV stations say they will go out of business as a result. The two most prominent foreign media involve Hindi and Engli [...] | 2006-07-14 06:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ETRD EFIN SCUL CE |
06COLOMBO1183 | SCANDINAVIANS CONTINUE TO PRESS TIGERS ON EU [...] (C) Summary. The Scandinavians continue to try to get the Tigers to back down from their insistence that SLMM members from EU countries leave by September 1. After an unsuccessful trip to Kilinochchi by the Norwegian Charge' at the end of last week, a Swedish diplomat arrives today from Sto [...] | 2006-07-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE NO |
06COLOMBO1184 | SRI LANKA: ISOLATED VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN NORTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A July 12 gun battle between the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the eastern region of Batticaloa left 12 SLA troops and reportedly 4 LTTE cadres dead and marked the beginning of several small violent incidents in Sri Lanka's north and ea [...] | 2006-07-19 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1199 | FY06 USDA FOOD FOR PROGRESS REQUEST [...] Post recommends $3 million of Hard Wheat for a Govt-Govt PL 480 Title 1 funded Food for Progress (FFP) for FY06, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka does not produce wheat and its entire requirement is met through imports. The US has not competed effectively in the wheat market since the country's sole whea [...] | 2006-07-21 06:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID CE |
06COLOMBO120 | SRI LANKA TRUCE MONITORING MISSION TEMPORARILY [...] (C) Summary: On January 17 the Nordic-sponsored Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) announced the temporary suspension of operational activities in the eastern district of Trincomalee following an apparent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack on a Sri Lanka Navy bus. Although no m [...] | 2006-01-19 06:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO1200 | PORT SLOWDOWN MAY FORCE GOVERNMENT TO RESIST UNION DEMANDS [...] (U) Summary: Work at the Port of Colombo has been disrupted due to a work slowdown as unions demand a salary hike. The partial strike has significantly slowed work at the government-run section of the Port of Colombo. Port officials say that the strike is politically instigated, making it d [...] | 2006-07-21 06:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EWWT EFIN CE |
06COLOMBO123 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS INDIANHIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] (C) Ambassador hosted a one-on-on lunch for Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad n December 22, hours after Prasad presented his credentials to President Rajapakse. The Ambassado told Prasad that he and his Embassy colleagues looked forward to working very closely with Prasad and his mission [...] | 2006-12-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTE MARR CE IN |
06COLOMBO1232 | GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA SUPPORT FOR CONTACT GROUPS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER MARR CE US |
06COLOMBO1235 | SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE ATTACKS IN THE EAST WHILE [...] (C) Summary. On the evening of July 26, the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled areas of the eastern district of Trincomalee in an allegedly humanitarian effort to open a water supply to Tamil and Muslim civilians that the LTTE had blocked. The [...] | 2006-07-27 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PREF CE |
06COLOMBO1241 | ALLEGATIONS OF LTTE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CAPABILITY [...] (S) On July 27, Foreign Secretary Palihakkara passed Charge' a document from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense (full text below) which discusses an alleged chemical weapons capability by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Palihakkara said his government is extremely concerned by th [...] | 2006-07-31 08:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PTER MCAP PARM CE |
06COLOMBO1246 | SRI LANKA: FINNISH AND DANISH MONITORS PREPARE [...] (C) Summary. The government mounted a significant ground operation July 31 after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) strikes on Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) targets continued through the weekend, with air-strikes killing eight lower-level Tiger leaders in the eastern Batticaloa and Trincomal [...] | 2006-07-31 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1262 | SRI LANKA: WATER-RELATED MILITARY ACTION CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Ground fighting in Sri Lanka's Eastern district of Batticaloa continued August 1 as Sri Lankan Army (SLA) forces attempted to gain control of an irrigation canal seized by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (reftels). Air strikes also reportedly occurred the night of Jul [...] | 2006-08-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1266 | SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE IN THE EAST INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary: The initial battle for control of an irrigation canal in the eastern Batticaloa District (reftels) gave rise to further military engagement August 1-2. Beginning the night of August 1, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked 4 military camps in Muttur and surroundin [...] | 2006-08-02 12:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1274 | SRI LANKA: EASTERN TOWN SEES CONTINUED CLASHES, [...] (C) Summary: Fighting between Sri Lankan Army security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that began as a battle over an irrigation canal (reftels) has spread to other parts of the east, with Muttur town in Trincomalee District seeing several clashes and 15 civilian deaths [...] | 2006-08-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1286 | SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GROWS AS EASTERN [...] (C) Summary. Recent violence following the LTTE's July 26 blocking of a critical water sluice near northeastern Trincomalee and subsequent ground and air military action spread into the central province August 7 when a seperate LTTE claymore mine attack killed a senior police superintendent in [...] | 2006-08-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1292 | SRI LANKA: NORWEGIANS BRIEF CO-CHAIRS ON NORTHEAST [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar, and Swedish Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) head Ulf Henricsson briefed Chiefs of Mission and Charges from the Co-chairs and Nordic monitor countries August 8 following their August 5-7 trips to th [...] | 2006-08-08 13:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1295 | SRI LANKA: BOTH PARTIES TAKE CREDIT FOR DAM [...] (C) Summary. Both the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claimed to have opened the Mavilaru water dam on the evening of August 8, 19 days into their battle for control over the area. At this writing, two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers had [...] | 2006-08-10 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1301 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURES NO RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary: Charge' delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Samaraweera and Foreign Secretary Palihakkara August 10. Samaraweera said current military action would "not become a full-scale war." He said the government remained "committed to a negotiated settlement," but needed help g [...] | 2006-08-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO131 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, IRAN AND UN [...] (C) Summary. Jayantha Dhanapala told U/S Burns that the security situation in Sri Lanka "looks bad," but that President Rajapaksa remains patient and is committed to a non-military solution. He agreed with Burns that Iranian behavior in the IAEA is unacceptable but cautioned that Sri Lanka [...] | 2006-01-23 05:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IAEA CE IR |
06COLOMBO1313 | SRI LANKA: SECURITY FORCES AND TIGERS ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Military engagement between the Government of Sri Lanka (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) spread on the evening of August 11 through the morning of August 12, marking the most significant military exchange between the parties since the February 2002 Ceasefire. Initial r [...] | 2006-08-12 09:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PREF CE |
06COLOMBO1324 | SRI LANKA: CLAYMORE EXPLOSION HITS PAKISTANI HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Two LTTE claymore mines planted in a three-wheeler exploded on a Security Task Force (STF) escort vehicle following the Pakistani High Commissioner's car on August 14 at approximately 1:20 PM. The blast occurred within 500 meters of the US embassy and killed seven, including four [...] | 2006-08-14 13:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1331 | SCENE-SETTER FOR SCA PDAS MANN'S AUGUST 16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a particularly contentious and violent point in the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL's) conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Low-level tit-for-tat violence plagued the north and the east over the last several months, and at the end of Jul [...] | 2006-08-15 08:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO134 | SRI LANKA: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a January 23 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Under Secretary Burns, accompanied by the Ambassador, stressed U.S. support for Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts toward a peaceful resolution to the conflict and urged Rajapaksa to ensure that Sri Lankan security forces would [...] | 2006-01-23 15:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KUNR IR CE |
06COLOMBO135 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Undersecretary Burns met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. The Foreign Minister told U/S Burns that Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to negotiation and a peaceful solution despite continued provocation by the Liberation Tigers of T [...] | 2006-01-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IR CE |
06COLOMBO1352 | SRI LANKA: US REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, [...] (C) One Amcit under the auspices of UNHCR and four non-Amcit US-funded humanitarian mine action officers are currently stranded in Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)-controlled Jaffna, seperated from the rest of the island by an expanse of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-controlled terri [...] | 2006-08-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO136 | SRI LANKAN OPPOSITION LEADER GIVES FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23 Under Secretary Burns and Ambassador Lunstead met with United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister and presidential contender Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe thanked U/S Burns for showing support for Sri Lanka and the peace process. The veteran [...] | 2006-01-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1361 | SRI LANKA: FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DISPLACED IN [...] (C) Summary: The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the northern Jaffna district rose to approximately 48,000 by August 20, according to UNHCR. Military engagement between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),which began August 11, h [...] | 2006-08-21 10:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1363 | SRI LANKA: LOCAL CO-CHAIR REPRESENTATIVES ASK [...] (C) Summary: Colombo representatives of the Tokyo Donors Co-Chairs Conference (US, EU, Norway, and Japan) met with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and several members of his cabinet August 21 to reiterate the message from the August 11 Co-Chairs statement calling for an immediate cessati [...] | 2006-08-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1366 | PRESSING GSL FOR CESSATION OF FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: SCA PDAS Steven Mann visited Colombo August 16-17 as ground fighting between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres continued in the north and east (ref A). In meetings with President Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Samar [...] | 2006-08-22 07:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO137 | U/S BURNS REVIEWS SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian peace facilitator Solheim told U/S Burns that the Sri Lankan peace process is at a crossroads and that a "major step forward" is essential. Burns expressed U.S. support for the Norwegian facilitation effort and compared notes with Solheim on the efficacy and vision of [...] | 2006-01-23 16:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS CE NO |
06COLOMBO1373 | SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON EMBASSY ACTION TO EVACUATE [...] (SBU) A ship sailing under the flag of the ICRC is scheduled to depart the eastern port of Trincomalee August 24, arriving in Jaffna, in northern Sri Lanka, on August 25, pending the commitment of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to allow the ship to pass safely. Approximately 150 [...] | 2006-08-22 10:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1379 | SRI LANKA: LULL IN JAFFNA FIGHTING AS POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Police discovered and diffused a claymore bomb in a crowded Colombo marketplace on August 22. While fighting between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres appeared to enter a lull on the Jaffna Peninsula on August 22-23, the Tige [...] | 2006-08-23 08:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1380 | SRI LANKA: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SRI LANKAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1399 | SRI LANKA: IDP NUMBER CLIMBS TO 180,000 IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Amin Awad briefed Charge' on population displacement in the North and East due to renewed military engagement between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) forces and the Liberation Tigers of T [...] | 2006-08-24 11:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO140 | Special Media Reaction: U/S Burns in Colombo [...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns' visit to Sri Lanka January 22-24 elicited much high-profile attention from the Sri Lankan print and broadcast media on January 23 and 24. State-run media and mainstream independent media lauded the visit with the most [...] | 2006-01-24 09:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE |
06COLOMBO1414 | SRI LANKA: ICRC REQUESTS EMERGENCY FUNDING, TIGERS [...] (C) Summary: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Director General for Asia and the Pacific Reto Meister and Sri Lanka Head of Delegation Toon Vandenhove briefed Charge' on August 28 on current ICRC activities in Sri Lanka. Meister contended that the unofficial collapse of the Sri [...] | 2006-08-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1416 | SRI LANKA: BATTLE BEGINS FOR SAMPUR AS ICRC SHIP [...] (C) Summary: A ground battle for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-controlled Sampur, south of Trincomalee harbor in eastern Sri Lanka, began on August 27 as an ICRC-flagged ferry bearing 162 expatriates who had been stranded on the Jaffna peninsula arrived in Trincomalee. Government of [...] | 2006-08-29 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO142 | SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDERS PREPARE FOR TWO KINDS [...] (S) Summary: On January 10, poloff accompanied Defense Attach to Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna (SFHQJ) at the Palaly military base on the Jaffna peninsula. During the three hour visit poloff and DATT met with the commanding general, received a tactical briefing and attended a frank needs [...] | 2006-01-25 05:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | MOPS PINS PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1425 | GE KERAWALPITIYA POWER DEAL: MINISTRY OF POWER AND [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: CDA called Minster of Power and Energy Seneviratne on August 29 to express USG support for Lakdhanavi Private Limited's bid to build a 300 megawatt power plant at Kerawalapitiya using General Electric equipment. Seneviratne acknowledged that the Treasury Mini [...] | 2006-08-30 12:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL CE |
06COLOMBO1428 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Charge' met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Additional Secretary Geetha de Silva on August 30 regarding U.S. concern that Sri Lanka may be considering procuring lethal military equipment (LME) from Iran. Charge' explained that under the Iran-Syria Nonproliferation Act, procuring LME [...] | 2006-08-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1433 | SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION RULES SECURITY [...] (C) The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) released a report on August 30 blaming Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces for the execution-style murders of 17 Tamil employees of French NGO Action Against Hunger (Action Contre la Faim - ACF) on August 4 in Muttur, south of Trincomalee H [...] | 2006-08-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1439 | SRI LANKA: JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF CHAIRMAN CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary. Charge' met with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Chief of Defense Staff General Donald Perera on August 31 to reiterate that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) should take the lead in stopping military action to provide "breathing space" for the GSL and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eel [...] | 2006-09-01 10:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO145 | SRI LANKA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NANCY [...] Post grants country clearance to FAA employees, Ms. Nancy Graham and Mr. David M. Smith, during the period from February 5-10, 2006 for participation in the ICAO COSCAP- South Asia Steering Committee Conference in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Embassy control officer is Richard Merrin, office telephone nu [...] | 2006-01-25 10:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA EAIR CE |
06COLOMBO1456 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT HAS CONTROL OF SAMPUR; LULL [...] (U) Sri Lankan media here widely reported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) statements that its security forces took control of Sampur, the eastern coastal area from which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched attacks on the town of Trincomalee, its harbor, and surrounding areas [...] | 2006-09-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1457 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT HAS CONTROL OF SAMPUR; LULL [...] (U) Sri Lankan media here widely reported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) statements that its security forces took control of Sampur, the eastern coastal area from which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched attacks on the town of Trincomalee, its harbor, and surrounding areas [...] | 2006-09-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1461 | BRITISH AND SRI LANKAN LEADERS DISCUSS POSSIBLE [...] (C) British High Commissioner in Colombo Dominick Chilcott briefed Co-Chair representatives September 6 on President Rajapaksa's August 31 meeting with Prime Minister Blair near London. The origin of the meeting, Chilcott explained, was a mutual recognition that the UK's experience in peacema [...] | 2006-09-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1465 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL CO-CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Samaraweera, Foreign Secretary Palihakkara, and Peace Secretariat Head Kohona SIPDIS met with local Co-Chair representatives at the Foreign Ministry September 7 to exchange views in the lead-up to the September 12 Co-Chair meeting in Brussels. Government of Sr [...] | 2006-09-07 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO147 | FIVE SMALL EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN COLOMBO JAN. 24, [...] (SBU) On 24 January 2006 between 2000-2100 hrs, five small explosions occurred in Colombo and the surrounding communities. No injuries were reported, and there was only minor damage to property. The Sri Lankan police are in the process of conducting investigations. No party has claimed resp [...] | 2006-01-25 11:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC CE PGOV PTER |
06COLOMBO1474 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Following Ambassador Blake's presentation of credentials on September 9, he met with President Rajapaksa to review bilateral relations and discuss the way forward to negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Ambassador r [...] | 2006-09-09 11:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1479 | SRI LANKA BROADLY AGREES WITH US POINTS ON NAM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-11 06:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO148 | SRI LANKA: LTTE AND GOVERNMENT AGREE OF VENUE FOR [...] (U) Summary: On January 25, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed to hold talks on implementation of the Cease-Fire Agreement (CFA) in Geneva, Switzerland in February, according to various sources. No specific dates or modalities have been r [...] | 2006-01-25 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1483 | SRI LANKA: HEAVY FIGHTING AT FORWARD DEFENSE LINE [...] (C) Summary: In fighting that began September 9, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) forces have pushed at least one kilometer into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) side of the Forward Defense Line (FDL) at Muhamalai on the Jaffna Peninsula. Military sources indicate to us that the camp [...] | 2006-09-11 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO149 | IMI TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPPORTUNITIES IN SRI [...] SUMMARY: THE GROWTH IN SRI LANKA'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE IN THE COMING MONTHS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THIRD GENERATION (3G) MOBILE SERVICES. THE RECENT INTRODUCTION OF CDMA TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIXED WIRELINE MARKET HAS ALSO BEEN A SUCCESS. IN ADDITION, SRI LA [...] | 2006-01-26 02:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB ETRD EIND BEXP CE |
06COLOMBO150 | FY06 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDING - SRI LANKA [...] Biotechnology study tour to the US Sri Lanka is in a decisive position with respect to biotechnology. The country has in place a draft framework to regulate the import of GM foods and utilization of biotechnology in domestic agriculture. Some contents of the framework are not consistent wit [...] | 2006-01-26 02:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO CE |
06COLOMBO1506 | FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES - [...] 542/01/T0018 2. 091306 3. RCMERRIN 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B. HEAD OF FINANCE 6C. AIRPORT AND AVIATION SERVICES (SRI LANKA) LIMITED NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BANDARANAIKE INTERNATIONALA AIRPORT, KATUNAYAKE, SRI LANKA 7. PHONE: +94-11-225-2200 8. FAX: N/A E-mail: cep@sltnet [...] | 2006-09-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO CE |
06COLOMBO1508 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STATES READINESS FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Co-Chairs' statement following their September 12 meeting in Brussels that peace talks should take place in Oslo next month, the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) expressed readiness to engage in negotiations but strongly criticized an alleged lack of prior consul [...] | 2006-09-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1509 | SRI LANKA: LOCAL EMPLOYEE OF US NGO KILLED NEAR [...] (U) On the afternoon of September 11, a 31 year old Tamil employee of Seattle-based NGO World Concern was shot and killed on the outskirts of Trincomalee. The employee, Ragunathan Ramalingam, was a team leader for World Concern,s water sanitation activities north of Trincomalee. Amcit Kathle [...] | 2006-09-14 02:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1510 | SRI LANKA: LOCAL EMPLOYEE OF US NGO KILLED NEAR [...] (U) On the afternoon of September 11, a 31 year old Tamil employee of Seattle-based NGO World Concern was shot and killed on the outskirts of Trincomalee. The employee, Ragunathan Ramalingam, was a team leader for World Concern,s water sanitation activities north of Trincomalee. Amcit Kathle [...] | 2006-09-14 02:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1514 | SRI LANKA: USAID INTERNET-RELATED INITIATIVES [...] Below is a brief summary of Internet-related USAID programs related to the Internet, as requested reftel: Project Name: Sri Lanka Peace Support Project Recipient: Info-Share Project Description: Using information and communication technology to increase information exchange and collabor [...] | 2006-09-14 09:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1515 | 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] The following dispute is being submitted for 2006 as per section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA) for Sri Lanka: (A) Claimant A (B) 2004 (C) Claimant had been contracted in June 2000 to provide power to the national grid under a combined cycle agreement signed with [...] | 2006-09-14 09:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1517 | SRI LANKA: GOSL APPRECIATES US SUPPORT FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Blake made separate calls on September 14 to Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Foreign Secretary Palihakkara to brief them on the September 12 Co-chairs' meeting, encourage Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) attendance at peace negotiations, and discuss cooperation [...] | 2006-09-14 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO152 | SOLHEIM ON CEASEFIRE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitator Solheim told co-chairs chiefs of mission late January 25 that LTTE chief Prabhakaran had agreed to cease-fire talks in Geneva almost before Solheim opened his mouth in Kilinochchi. The Tigers told him that by agreeing to Geneva they wanted to help Norway and [...] | 2006-01-26 05:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1527 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR URGES PRIME MINISTER TO [...] (C) Ambassador Blake and the DCM met Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremenayake September 15 to encourage his government to negotiate a peaceful settlement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Ambassador urged the Prime Minister to seize the current "significant opportunity for [...] | 2006-09-15 07:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1528 | SRI LANKA: MFA OFFERS READ-OUT OF PEACE [...] (C) On September 15, Ambassador Blake met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Additional Secretary Geetha de Silva, MFA Legal Advisor Rohan Perera, and Peace Secretariat Director Shanaka Jayasekara at their request. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) interlocutors briefed the Ambassador (and [...] | 2006-09-15 11:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1531 | SRI LANKA: NAVY AND AIR FORCE SINK LTTE WEAPONS [...] (C) The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) with the assistance of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) kfir jets sunk an alleged LTTE weapons supply ship approximately 120 nautical miles off the eastern coast of Kalmunai, south of Batticaloa, on the afternoon of September 17. That morning, the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) sh [...] | 2006-09-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1533 | CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH LTTE [...] (C) Co-Chair Ambassadors met at Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar's residence on September 18 to hear Norwegian plans for engaging the LTTE and to discuss the development and delivery of private messages coming out of the Co-Chair meeting in Brussels. Brattskar opened by reporting that the GSL [...] | 2006-09-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1538 | SRI LANKA: CROSS PARTY TALKS MAY YIELD COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 15 the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held the first in a series of talks with the opposition United National Party (UNP) to build consensus on a range of issues, including the peace process as a cornerstone for potential cooperation. After the initial d [...] | 2006-09-19 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1539 | SRI LANKA: CHIEF CEASEFIRE MONITOR DESCRIBES [...] (C) Ambassador Blake called on the new Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Chief, Major General Lars Solvberg, on September 19 to discuss the mission's operational structure and constraints since reducing the number of its monitors from approximately 60 to 30 on September 1 (reftel). (Note: T [...] | 2006-09-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1540 | SRI LANKA: MUSLIM MASSACRE; GSL INDICTS TIGERS, [...] (C) Summary: Responsibility for the September 18 murders of 10 Muslim laborers south of Arugam Bay on the eastern coast remains unclear. This lack of clarity highlights the need for an independent Sri Lankan institution that can investigate human rights cases and leads us to question the bes [...] | 2006-09-20 10:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1541 | SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE STRIKES TIGER TARGETS IN [...] (U) On the afternoon of September 19, the Sri Lanka Air Force conducted air strikes on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) artillery targets near the eastern coast of Batticaloa, Defense spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told the press. The pro-LTTE Tamilnet website reported no casualties, b [...] | 2006-09-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1543 | ABDUCTIONS AND DISAPPEARANCES ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary. Independent human rights watchers indicate that the number of abductions and disappearances has surged over the last three months in both the North and East and in Colombo, with an increase in extortion kidnappings in particular. No American citizens have been victims that we ar [...] | 2006-09-21 02:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1547 | INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA CE |
06COLOMBO1549 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA ASSEMBLING [...] (C) During his late August trip to London, President Rajapaksa contacted Amnesty International to seek advice on setting terms of reference for an independent, international body to examine allegations of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. This move came in the midst of significant internation [...] | 2006-09-21 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1564 | SRI LANKA: NAVY AIDED BY AIR FORCE SINKS SEA TIGER [...] (U) The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Media Center for National Security (MCNS) said that on September 24 the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) aided by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) intercepted 25 "Sea Tiger" boats off the coast 50 miles north of Trincomalee, sinking 11. Independent media reported secur [...] | 2006-09-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1569 | SRI LANKA: FINANCE SECRETARY EXPECTS GROWTH AND STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Secretary PB Jayasundera, the government's economic mastermind, expects Sri Lanka's GDP to grow by 7 percent this year, fueled by strong performance in the service, construction, and manufacturing sectors, and by healthy export growth. The government is pushing hard to [...] | 2006-09-26 03:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1571 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Ambassador Blake informed Minister of Investment Promotion and Enterprise Development Rohitha Bogollagama of developing plans for a U.S. trade mission to Sri Lanka in early December, possibly followed soon after by a round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement [...] | 2006-09-26 03:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD CE |
06COLOMBO1578 | CO-CHAIRS AMBASSADORS MEETING: READOUT OF [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Amb Brattskar told Co-Chair Ambassadors in Colombo on September 26 that LTTE leader Tamilselvan had conveyed Prabakharan's decision that the LTTE is prepared to return to peace talks in Oslo in October. However, the LTTE also threatened that if the GSL is not ready to [...] | 2006-09-26 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1580 | SRI LANKA'S HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES AND IDEAS [...] (C) Summary: Several recent high profile human rights abuse cases in Sri Lanka cases have raised international concerns and underlined the current absence of strong indigenous Sri Lankan institutions to investigate these abuses and pressure the Sri Lankan judicial system to ensure credible pro [...] | 2006-09-26 16:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1581 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SAYS THE RIGHT THINGS, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Blake met for an introductory call with Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe on September 25 to urge the GSL to be more proactive in dealing with allegations of human rights abuses. Samarasinghe responded that he too is concerned about [...] | 2006-09-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1589 | SRI LANKA: GE KERAWALAPITIYA POWER DEAL RECEIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The proposal by Lakdhanavi Private Limited (Lakdhanavi) for a 300 megawatt power plant in Kerawalapitiya, described reftel, has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. This project will include significant US content through the sale of General Electric (GE) products and ser [...] | 2006-09-28 05:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL CE |
06COLOMBO1594 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS AND [...] Summary: Textile and apparel export growth has slowed following the expiration of the Multifiber Agreement (MFA). The decelerating growth suggests that the apparel industry will no longer be the main driver of Sri Lanka's economic development. Large scale operators who have invested in new [...] | 2006-09-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ELAB CE |
06COLOMBO1595 | SRI LANKA - ADVANCING US EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION [...] SUMMARY: A high percentage of Sri Lanka's rural population does not have access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation. It is estimated that over 40 percent of the rural population, or more than 6 million people, are deprived of these basic facilities. Recognizing the scope of the issue, [...] | 2006-09-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV CE |
06COLOMBO1596 | SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE STRIKES TIGER BASES, [...] (C) On September 25-26, the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) struck LTTE training camps in the northwestern district of Mannar, according to the National Security Media Center (NSMC). On September 27, Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe told poloff that the SLAF had successfully struck [...] | 2006-09-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1597 | SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION ACCUSES GSL AND LTTE [...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Head of Mission Major General Lars Solvberg addressed a 26 September report to Dr. Palitha Kohona of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Secretariat for Coordination of the Peace Process (SCOPP) and Mr. Pulidevan, Secretary General of the Liberat [...] | 2006-09-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1601 | SRI LANKA: MUSLIM LEADER HAKEEM SEEKS SEPARATE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called upon moderate Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauf Hakeem on September 28. Formed in 1981 and registered as a political party in 1989, the SLMC is the largest party representing the Muslim electorate in Sri Lanka. A key opposition leader, Hakeem t [...] | 2006-09-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1602 | SRI LANKA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DESCRIBES ECONOMY'S [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal told Ambassador Blake during their introductory meeting that Sri Lanka's economy was healthy and its business climate good. Cabraal was making a personal effort to tell multilateral development banks, credit rating agencies, and [...] | 2006-10-02 11:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL CE |
06COLOMBO1603 | SRI LANKA: GSL SETS PUBLIC CONDITIONS FOR TALKS [...] (U) The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced three conditions to return to peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),government and independent press reported on October 1. Defense spokesperson Keheliya Rambukwella told the Sunday Times that the three pre-conditions wer [...] | 2006-10-02 13:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1604 | SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION BRIEFS SCA/INS [...] (C) Summary: SCA/INS Director Marcia Bernicat, on an orientation visit to Sri Lanka, met with Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Press and Information Officer (PIO) Thorfinnur Omarsson on October 2. Omarsson expressed the monitors' fear that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will continue to [...] | 2006-10-02 13:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1605 | SRI LANKA: LTTE-PROXY PARTY EMPHASIZES [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Tamil National Alliance (TNA) members of parliament Gajendakumar Ponnombalam, Suresh Premachandran, and Pathmini Sithamparanathan on September 29. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-proxy members of parliament emphasized their concern for the "de [...] | 2006-10-02 14:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1606 | SRI LANKA: TRADE MINISTER WANTS TIFA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Trade Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle told Ambassador Blake during their introductory meeting that he would welcome a round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks. However, since Fernandopulle did not inspire confidence that he would be ready to act [...] | 2006-10-03 03:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL CE |
06COLOMBO1608 | SRI LANKA: MCC AND GOVERNMENT AGREE TO KEEP IRRIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Millennium Challenge Corporation and Government of Sri Lanka officials agreed to proceed with development of a proposed USD 590 million MCC compact that would include projects on irrigation and agriculture, roads, and small and medium enterprise promotion. MCC officials [...] | 2006-10-03 04:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL SENV CE |
06COLOMBO1610 | SRI LANKA: MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT EXERCISE TO [...] (C) A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Exercise is scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka October 22 to November 2. Embassy has requested that it include a significant human rights training component. We believe the exercise represents a valuable exercise opportunity for our forces and a chanc [...] | 2006-10-03 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1616 | RESPECTED SRI LANKAN NGOS INSIST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On September 29, the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA),a respected Colombo-based think-tank, provided the Embassy a copy of a statement it sent to delegates at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement was signed by twenty-five reputable local NGOs, including the Internati [...] | 2006-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1617 | SRI LANKA: INDEPENDENT PRESS HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING [...] (C) Summary: Two independent English weekly newspapers highlighted stories about the eastern LTTE-breakaway Karuna Faction on October 1. The Sunday Times published an interview with Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, also known as Karuna Amman, who predicted that his former confidant, LTTE leader [...] | 2006-10-03 12:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1619 | AIDE MEMOIRE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED MANDATE OF [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent Ambassador an "aide-memoire" laying out the mandate for an International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). This body is to monitor the work of the Commission of Inquiry the Government will task with investigating a series of serious human r [...] | 2006-10-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1620 | NORWAY'S ENVOY "MODERATELY OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT [...] SUMMARY: (C) Norwegian mediator Hanssen-Bauer briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors on October 2 on his meetings with Sri Lankan government officials. He said that the GSL had denied media reports of preconditions for possible talks with the LTTE. The GSL would prefer November 10 or October 28 for t [...] | 2006-10-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1622 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BASIL RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa, younger brother to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on October 4. After the Ambassador reviewed US priorities and initiatives in Sri Lanka, Rajapaksa spoke frankly about human rights issues, requesting that the United States a [...] | 2006-10-04 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1626 | SRI LANKA: SOME EXPATRIATE NGO EMPLOYEES ASKED TO [...] (C) Summary: Since 2005, NGO representatives have reported numerous obstacles to carrying out relief activities. On October 4, several newspapers ran a story on the latest impediment to NGOs: the GSL notified international staff of six international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) the [...] | 2006-10-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1627 | LTTE TELL NORWEGIANS THEY ARE PREPARED FOR TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Special Envoy Hanssen-Bauer briefed Co-Chairs Ambassadors on October 4 that during his October 3 meetings with Thamilselvan, the LTTE had agreed to talks without conditions in Oslo or Switzerland in October. However the LTTE is concerned the GSL may be tempted to press [...] | 2006-10-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1636 | POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed reftel points with Foreign Secretary Palihakkara on 10/5/06 emphasizing the importance SIPDIS the U.S. attaches to Sri Lankan support for a possible Presidential statement from the UN Security Council. Palihakkara thanked the Ambassador for his presentation. He sai [...] | 2006-10-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM CE |
06COLOMBO1645 | SRI LANKA: EMBASSY COLOMBO TRADE AGREEMENT [...] The following responds to reftel request for information on how post is organized for trade agreement compliance and monitoring. A. Description of how post is currently organized for monitoring agreements and responding to foreign trade barrier complaints, including the establishment of tea [...] | 2006-10-06 04:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD CE |
06COLOMBO1650 | SRI LANKA: RESETTLEMENT MINISTER VOWS NO REPEAT OF [...] (C) Ambassador Blake met with Minister of Resettlement A. Rishad Bathihudeen October 4 to discuss Sri Lanka's critical internally displaced persons (IDP) problem. The Resettlement Ministry is responsible for 300,000 pre-ceasefire conflict displaced persons and an additional 180,000-240,000 sin [...] | 2006-10-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1651 | PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSE AFFIRMS TO CO-CHAIRS SRI [...] (C) In a meeting with Co-Chair Ambassadors on October 9, Sri Lankan President Rajapakse confirmed the Government of Sri Lanka is ready to attend peace talks with the LTTE on October 28, does not plan a military offensive, but will defend itself. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar told the Presi [...] | 2006-10-09 09:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1661 | SRI LANKA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA FOR UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE CE |
06COLOMBO1662 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SRI LANKA SHARES U.S. CONCERN [...] Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Additional Secretary for Political Affairs Geetha de Silva on October SIPDIS 10. Charge stressed the negative implications of the test for international efforts to combat proliferation, international terrorism, and the spread of weapons of mass dest [...] | 2006-10-10 12:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PARM KNNP KN CE |
06COLOMBO1670 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS TELL NORWAY A MAJOR GSL [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar briefed Charge October 11 on his October 10 meeting with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political wing leader S.P. Tamilselvan in Kilinochchi. Tamilselvan confirmed the LTTE would attend talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in [...] | 2006-10-11 12:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1679 | SRI LANKA: TEXT ON GSL REPORTS ON LTTE FINANCING [...] (SBU) Summary: During reftel discussion to prepare for the initial meeting of the Contact Group, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) officials gave Post copies of reports they had produced regarding Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) financing. The following are excerpts from two of those report [...] | 2006-10-13 05:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL CE |
06COLOMBO1692 | SRI LANKA: LTTE CLAIMS A WIN IN ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Over 100 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and an unknown number of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were killed in a two-day battle at the Forward Defense Line (FDL) in Muhamalai, Jaffna October 11-12. This was the highest one-day death toll since the 2002 ceasefire ag [...] | 2006-10-13 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1705 | SRI LANKA SITREP: LTTE TRUCK BOMB KILLS OVER 60 [...] (U) A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) truck bomb exploded outside of the north-central town of Habarana on October 16, targeting a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) convoy transporting over 150 sailors from Trincomalee. Radio news reported as many as 67 died and 150 sailors were injured when the b [...] | 2006-10-16 13:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1708 | SRI LANKA SUPPORTS U.S. RE-ELECTION TO THE ITU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 03:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS ITU CE |
06COLOMBO1710 | SRI LANKA SUPPORTS POSTPONING UNGA VOTE ON RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Australian High Commission approached us regarding joint delivery of reftel demarche, to which we agreed. Poloff accompanied Australian Deputy High Commissioner and political officer to a meeting on October 13 with Sumedha Ekanayake, Deputy Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs a [...] | 2006-10-17 05:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA UNGA CE |
06COLOMBO1719 | SRI LANKA: LTTE "SEA TIGER" SUICIDE ATTACK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 18, five "Sea Tiger" boats disguised as fishing craft attacked the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) base in Galle Harbor, in Sri Lanka's south. Two of the suicide boats detonated at the entrance to the harbor; the Navy destroyed the three others before they could do much damage. [...] | 2006-10-18 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO172 | SRI LANKA: LTTE-AFFILIATED CHARITY WORKERS [...] (C) The lull in violence since the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed on January 25 to meet in Geneva in February for talks to strengthen the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) was marred January 30 by the reported abductions of five Tamil Rehabilitation O [...] | 2006-01-31 12:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1722 | SRI LANKA: LTTE "SEA TIGER" SUICIDE ATTACK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 18, five "Sea Tiger" boats disguised as fishing craft attacked the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) base in Galle Harbor, in Sri Lanka's south. Two of the suicide boats detonated at the entrance to the harbor; the Navy destroyed the three others before they could do much damage. [...] | 2006-10-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1732 | SRI LANKA MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED; "INVESTING IN PEOPLE" [...] SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Scorecard results were delivered to officials at the Ministry of Planning and Implementation. Officials paid particular attention to the below-median statistics listed in the Investing in People category, and asked Embassy to forward releva [...] | 2006-10-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC CE |
06COLOMBO1733 | SRI LANKAN RUPEE SLIDES AGAINST DOLLAR [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan depreciated markedly in the past three weeks and touched an all-time low of Rs 107.40 to the dollar on October 17. However, after the Central Bank commented against excessive speculation on the same day, the slide did not continue. End Summary. 2. The Sri Lankan [...] | 2006-10-20 06:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CE |
06COLOMBO1739 | SRI LANKA AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA UNSC SEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-20 08:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNSC GT VE CE |
06COLOMBO1745 | LTTE DELEGATION TO GENEVA: NAMES AND TRAVEL [...] (S) Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer passed A/S Richard Boucher a copy of a Norwegian non-paper outlining the travel arrangements proposed for the LTTE delegation's travel to Geneva. Following their humiliating experience at the Colombo airport in June, the LTTE group has asked for [...] | 2006-10-23 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1747 | SRI LANKA: A/S BOUCHER ADVOCATES ACCESS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In his October 19-20 meetings with Government of Sri Lanka authorities, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher addressed the issues of access and safety for humanitarian organizations, and the Government's seeming public ambivalence towards them. W [...] | 2006-10-24 02:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1752 | SRI LANKA: A/S BOUCHER PRESSES GOVERNMENT TO MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS pressed Sri Lankan government and opposition officials to put meaningful proposals on the table for future rounds of peace talks with the Tamil Tigers. Boucher assur [...] | 2006-10-24 05:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR CE |
06COLOMBO1755 | SRI LANKA: MAJOR PARTIES AGREE TO COOPERATE ON WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the main opposition United National Party (UNP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on October 23 setting out a Common Minimum Program to resolve the conflict in the north and east and to address other national issues. Most significa [...] | 2006-10-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1756 | Sri Lanka: 8 Percent Growth Drives Central Bank Governor's [...] Summary: Sri Lanka's Central Bank has reported 8 percent growth and other positive economic figures for the first half of 2006. Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal expects 2006 to finish with 7 percent GDP growth, reduced debt, lower inflation, and declining unemployment. The government belie [...] | 2006-10-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD CE |
06COLOMBO1758 | CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS (MINUS US) URGE LTTE [...] (C) Summary: Co-Chair Ambassadors (minus Ambassador Blake) met on October 24 the LTTE delegation traveling to talks with the Government of Sri Lanka that are expected to begin in Geneva on October 28. The Co-Chairs urged the LTTE to seize the opportunity afforded by Geneva and exercise maximu [...] | 2006-10-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1759 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS GOING TO GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 18-20, nearly simultaneous visits by Assistant Secretary Boucher (ref a),Japanese peace envoy Akashi, and the Norwegian facilitator Hanssen-Bauer helped nudge both the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers toward opening a new chapter of negotiations on October 2 [...] | 2006-10-25 06:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO176 | SRI LANKA: MORE PRO-LTTE AID WORKERS REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: One day after January 31 reports that five Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) staff members had been abducted near an Army checkpoint (Reftel),TRO reported that another three TRO personnel have disappeared en route from Batticaloa to Kilinochchi. The Sri Lanka Monitoring [...] | 2006-02-01 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1762 | SRI LANKA: GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Pol Chief and PolOff presented the offer for a Global Peace Operations Initiative Partnership with Sri Lanka (ref a) to MFA Additional Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Maduwedegera on October 25. Maduwedegera appeared interested and asked several questions for clarification. He under [...] | 2006-10-25 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR MASS CE |
06COLOMBO1763 | SRI LANKA: POLITICAL GROUPS, DIPLOMATS AGREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa told visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher that the government should consult SIPDIS residents of Sri Lanka's Eastern Province as to whether they want to see their multi-ethnic region merged with the Tamil-dominated north. Rajapaksa envisioned a multi [...] | 2006-10-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1765 | SRI LANKA: UN RAPPORTEUR CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Calls are mounting for an international commission to investigate human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, the European Commission, and Amnesty International have recently expressed support for a call by Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudi [...] | 2006-10-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO179 | FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER FOR THE PORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 05:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CE MV |
06COLOMBO1793 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER URGES INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Disaster and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a meeting October 30 for Ambassadors and Heads of Mission from contributing countries to the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) that will monitor the work of the Presidential Commission of Inqu [...] | 2006-10-30 14:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO180 | SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT IAEA REFERRAL OF IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) President Mahinda Rajapaksa called the Ambassador early February 2 to tell him that the cabinet had decided the night before to support the U.S. position on Iran and the IAEA by voting in the February 2 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to refer the issue to the United Nations Security Coun [...] | 2006-02-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP CE IR |
06COLOMBO1802 | SRI LANKA: FRONT-LINE FIRE AS USUAL AFTER GENEVA [...] (C) Engagement between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued this week after October 28-29 peace talks in Geneva between the two parties ended with no significant breakthroughs and failed to produce agreement on dates for a next [...] | 2006-10-31 09:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1803 | SRI LANKA: FEARED VIOLENCE AT NEGOMBO AHMADI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy received a letter from a local Ahmadi leader expressing concern that his community was being targeted for violence and a possible take-over of the Negombo Ahmadi mosque by Jumma Muslims on October 31. The US-based Ahmadi community also wrote letters to senators and t [...] | 2006-10-31 10:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1804 | CIVAIR: DELETION OF CRS ANNEX IN THE US-SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka exchanged notes constituting an agreement to remove Annex 3 of the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Democratic Soc [...] | 2006-11-01 00:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA CE |
06COLOMBO181 | IMI - FOREIGN GOVERNMENT RESORT DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO CE |
06COLOMBO1811 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SRI LANKA WILL "GENTLY PUSH" [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1812 | SRI LANKA: LTTE DEBRIEFS CO-CHAIRS; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) delegation gave a post-mortem on the Geneva talks to Co-Chair Ambassadors minus the U.S. this morning, November 1. Political Wing leader S.P. Tamilselvan claimed the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had not heeded the LTTE's "humanitarian" [...] | 2006-11-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1819 | GOVERNMENT BLAMES LTTE FOR JAFFNA HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition and lead peace negotiator DeSilva briefed the Sri Lankan Diplomatic Corps on November 2 on the outcome of the peace talks and government plans to mobilize the private sector to help meet humanitarian needs in Jaffna. DeSilva disagreed with press cha [...] | 2006-11-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1821 | SRI LANKA: INFORMATION FOR MCC NOVEMBER 8 MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Sri Lanka continue to be considered MCC-eligible. MCC projects would increase overall prosperity and support our main objective of helping Sri Lanka attain a lasting peace. Violence between Government of Sri Lanka forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...] | 2006-11-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MCC KMCA CE |
06COLOMBO1822 | SRI LANKA: TEXT FOR 2006 INCSR [...] Please find below the text for the 2006 INCSR. The format is keyed to the instructions in reftel. 2. I. Summary Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug traffickers and implementing nation-wide demand reducti [...] | 2006-11-03 06:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1824 | SRI LANKA: NORWAY BRIEFS CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS ON [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors November 3 on the results of the Geneva Peace Talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE. Brattskar's briefing tracked closely with that provided by the Norwegians to Embassy Oslo (ref A). Following are some addition [...] | 2006-11-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NO CE |
06COLOMBO1828 | SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE RAIDS TARGET KILINOCHCHI; [...] (C) Summary: The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) confirmed that the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) bombed a target November 2 in Kilinochchi, the de-facto capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled Vanni region. Several bombs hit close to the hospital there, causing da [...] | 2006-11-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1837 | SRI LANKA - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The following report has been submitted per reftel instructions in Microsoft Word format to the US Trade Representative. With the exception of format changes for dissemination and readability via cable, the language remains the same: SRI LANKA: TRADE SUMMARY ------------------------- 2 [...] | 2006-11-06 13:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE |
06COLOMBO1838 | THOUGHTS ON THE AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 20-21 SRI [...] (C) Summary: As the Department prepares to host the November 20-21 Co-Chair meeting in Washington, Mission hereby offers some thoughts on the structure and substance of those discussions. The talks come on the heels of the unsuccessful meetings between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LT [...] | 2006-11-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1848 | SRI LANKA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 12:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA CE |
06COLOMBO1849 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT NAMES COMMISSION OF INQUIRY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 6 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa approved the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry to investigate human rights violations committed since August 2005, headed by outgoing Supreme Court Justice Nissanka Udalagama. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced t [...] | 2006-11-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1850 | SRI LANKA: NONCOMMITTAL ON OPPOSING THE CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 12:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU CE |
06COLOMBO1851 | SRI LANKA: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 12:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN KN BO IR UZ BM CE |
06COLOMBO1852 | SRI LANKA WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 13:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC KNNP MTCR KN UNSC CE |
06COLOMBO1853 | SRI LANKA: INDIA TO DELIVER SUPPLIESTO JAFFNA AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a request by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) that the Government of India (GOI) provide urgent food aid to Jaffna, Indian Acting High Commissioner Manikkam confirmed to DCM on November 7 that the GOI would mobilize to ship supplies from Chennai. This "one-time gift" of [...] | 2006-11-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO186 | ENERGY INVESTOR WOES AS SRI LANKA DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka?s oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) suppliers, including two foreign investors (neither American),are facing significant losses as the government has not allowed price increases or has not paid previously agreed subsidies in a timely manner despite increased wor [...] | 2006-02-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ENRG CE |
06COLOMBO1863 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador met alone with Presidential Secretary (defacto National Security Advisor) Lalith Weeratunga on November 7 to register concern that the Sri Lankan military's recent military actions had become increasingly difficult to justify as "defensive." The U.S. wanted to continue to supp [...] | 2006-11-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1869 | SRI LANKA NOMINEE: USPTO GIPA PROGRAM ON COPYRIGHT IN THE [...] Post is pleased to submit the following nomination for the USPTO Global Intellectual Property academy (GIPA) program on copyright in the digital environment, from January 23-26, 2007. 2. Name: D. M. Karunaratna Designation: Director General, National Intellectual Property Office Source [...] | 2006-11-09 06:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR AORC CE |
06COLOMBO187 | SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2 President Mahinda Rajapaksa telephoned the Ambassador to assure him of Government concern at the reported abductions of Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) staff (Reftels) but reiterated that efforts to investigate were being hampered by lack of access to purp [...] | 2006-02-02 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1874 | SRI LANKA: PRO-LTTE PARTY SAYS "INDIAN MODEL" FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: A Member of Parliament from Jaffna for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA),a pro-Tamil Tiger party, told us on November 8 that the Indian constitution was worth studying, but that the "Indian model" of federalism would not work in Sri Lanka. He thought the Indian government was i [...] | 2006-11-09 07:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1879 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 09:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA CE |
06COLOMBO1883 | Special Media Reaction: Maldivian Media on Ambassador [...] (U) Summary: Coverage in the Maldivian media of Ambassador Blake's presentation of credentials and the visit by USS DUBUQUE following Exercise COCONUT GROVE 06 with the U.S. Marines was widespread in both print and television and generally positive. Independent papers aligned with the oppositi [...] | 2006-11-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO EAID OIIP PREL CE |
06COLOMBO1884 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MORTAR FIRE KILLS 23 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Red Cross reported 23 civilians dead and 74 injured when government mortar fire hit a school housing internally displaced persons (IDPs) near the eastern town of Vakarai on November 8. Government officials confirmed the casualties, but said troops had been unaware of civilians [...] | 2006-11-09 12:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1887 | SRI LANKA: KARUNA PARAMILITARY IMPLICATED IN WAVE [...] (C) Summary: The Batticaloa-based Karuna group, which split from the northern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leadership in March 2004, has renamed itself the Tamil Makkal Vidutalai Pulikkal (TMVP),or Tamil People's Liberation Tigers. The TMVP claims to be a democratic organization [...] | 2006-11-09 12:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1889 | DEFENSE SECRETARY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) In a November 10 meeting with Defense Secretary Rajapakse, Ambassador expressed concern about growing indications the Sri Lankan military was taking disproportionate military action against the LTTE that jeopardized prospects for a return to peace negotiations. Peace Secretariat Director K [...] | 2006-11-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER CE |
06COLOMBO189 | SRI LANKA CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL WAR ON [...] SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 26, A WIDELY-PUBLICIZED OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE (CSI) AND THE MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE TOOK PLACE AT THE PORT OF COLOMBO, PRESIDED OVER BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE AMBASSADOR. CSI IS NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL, TARGETING AND SCREENING [...] | 2006-02-03 03:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT EAID ETRD PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1892 | BILATERAL DONORS AND INGOS PRESS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Meetings of the Bilateral Donors Group (BDG) and the Consultative Committee Meeting on Humanitarian Assistance (CCMHA) this past week focused on NGO access and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka's North and East. While BDG members, the UN, the ICRC, and the [...] | 2006-11-13 06:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PTER MOPS PREL ASEC CE |
06COLOMBO1895 | UN SPECIAL ADVISOR ROCK EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 briefing for Co-Chair and other selected Ambassadors, UN Special Advisor for Children Affected by Armed Conflict Allan Rock expressed his deep concern about forced abductions of children by the LTTE and the breakaway Karuna faction. Rock received many eyewitness [...] | 2006-11-13 12:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CE |
06COLOMBO1896 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL MP ASSASSINATED IN COLOMBO; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The assassination of a Tamil Member of Parliament in broad daylight in Colombo on November 10 provoked widespread outrage and condemnation. President Rajapaksa issued a forthright statement in which he mourned the death of Nadaraja Raviraj, whom he called a friend, and ordered a [...] | 2006-11-13 13:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1902 | SRI LANKA: TRANSPORT AND PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Blake called on Minister A. H. M. Fowzie October 25 to discuss transportation and petroleum development. Fowzie is Minister of Railways and Transport and Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Resources Development. Fowzie's political career began 47 years ago, including signifi [...] | 2006-11-14 09:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE |
06COLOMBO1906 | SRI LANKA: ARMY MINE ACTION EFFORTS STALL IN [...] (U) Summary: December 2006 marks the end of the four-year, eight million dollar USG-RONCO contract in Sri Lanka which has successfully trained a Sri Lanka Army humanitarian mine action unit of nearly 600 deminers and mine detection dog handlers. On November 3, SLA mine action coordinator Brig [...] | 2006-11-14 12:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1909 | SRI LANKA: SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS STAFF [...] (SBU) Keith Luse, Professional Staff Assistant to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN),visited Colombo November 9-10 to assess country team coordination on military issues and explore the security environment through meetings with prominent Sri Lankans. In meetings [...] | 2006-11-14 12:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1911 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT SECURITY FORCES IN CAHOOTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Batticaloa-based Karuna group, which split from the northern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in March 2004, has opened political offices in Colombo, the east, and the northern town of Vavuniya. The group's public relations wing preaches the virtues of "devolution" and [...] | 2006-11-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1913 | BLAIR SPECIAL ENVOY SEES SOME PARALLELS BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: In a luncheon discussion with Co-Chair Ambassadors and the Acting Indian High Commissioner on November 14 Prime Minister Tony Blair's Special Envoy Paul Murphy exchanged views on how the Northern Ireland peace process might be relevant for the Sri Lankan context. Murphy was th [...] | 2006-11-14 13:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE EI |
06COLOMBO1916 | SRI LANKA WILL VOTE AGAINST BELARUS-SPONSORED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 10:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL BO CE |
06COLOMBO1919 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR NOV. 20-21 CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) The November 21-22 meeting in Washington comes at a critical moment. Since the last Co-Chairs meeting on September 12 in Brussels, the situation in Sri Lanka has deteriorated markedly. The Washington meetings therefore mark a good opportunity to take a hard look at what more we can do t [...] | 2006-11-15 15:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1920 | FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS GSL PREPARED TO RETURN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Samaraweera confirmed to Ambassador Blake that the Sri Lankan government was "absolutely" committed to resuming peace talks without negotiations. He appeared troubled by signs that international support for the government was flagging because of reports of serio [...] | 2006-11-15 15:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1925 | SRI LANKA LOOKS FOR HELP FROM INDONESIA ON TAMIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan MFA Director General for Southeast Asia, who accompanied the Prime Minister on his visit to Indonesia, gave us a readout of their meeting with the Indonesian President on Tamil Tiger activities in the region. Indonesia has become a major transshipment and logistic [...] | 2006-11-16 10:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1926 | BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING: A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] Summary. As the business process outsourcing industry (BPO) continues to grow in South Asia, Sri Lanka is looking to expand its share of the market. However, attractive features such as low labor costs, low operating costs and government tax incentives are somewhat overshadowed by industry co [...] | 2006-11-16 10:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EIND ETRD CE |
06COLOMBO1929 | SRI LANKA: PROPOSAL FOR U.S. SUPPORT TO COMMISSION [...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy proposes that Department nominate a U.S. member of an international panel, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP),to assist and observe the Government of Sri Lanka's Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights. We further request that Dep [...] | 2006-11-16 11:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1930 | SRI LANKAN OPPOSITION LEADER: DEVELOPING PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Wickremesinghe told Ambassador on November 16 that he was gravely concerned about the deterioration in the human rights environment in the country following the assassination of Tamil MP Raviraj. He said the government had a "siege mentality" about charges fro [...] | 2006-11-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1931 | SRI LANKAN CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION DR. [...] As reported ref (b),the Government of Sri Lanka had pledged to support U.S. candidate Michael Matheson for the International Law Commission (ILC). MFA also asked the U.S. to support its candidate for the ILC, Dr. Amrith Rohan Perera. Dr. Perera is well and favorably known to us as the incum [...] | 2006-11-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA CE |
06COLOMBO1935 | SRI LANKA WANTS TWO SHIPS TO TRANSPORT AID TO JAFFNA FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Blake called on Minister Rohitha Bogollagama November 14 at the Minister's request to discuss the procurement of shipping services to Jaffna, Sri Lanka's northern city which is currently suffering a shortage of necessary supplies due to the closure of the A-9 highway. Bogolla [...] | 2006-11-20 02:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD SOCI EAID CE |
06COLOMBO1946 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES TRIAL OPENING OF [...] (U) The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced November 20 it would open for a "trial run" the Muhamalai check-point on the A9 highway linking the Jaffna peninsula to the south of the island through the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled Vanni. The A9 highway has remained clos [...] | 2006-11-20 13:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1947 | SRI LANKA: MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS ON FIVE FRONTS [...] (C) Summary: Military engagements between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued in the north and east on November 18-19, including a sea battle off the coast of Mannar, firing at the Jaffna Forward Defense Line, and LTTE attack [...] | 2006-11-20 13:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1951 | SCENE SETTER FOR SRI LANKA ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: General Sarath Fonseka, Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, will conduct a self-invited visit to Washington November 28-29 to meet with Department of State and Pentagon officials. Fonseka, the target of an April 2006 Tiger suicide-bombing attempt on his life, has pursued a hard-lin [...] | 2006-11-21 05:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1958 | SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION BACKS UN CLAIMS THAT [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, following a ten-day trip to Sri Lanka, United Nations Special Advisor for Children and Armed Conflict Allan Rock released a report alleging complicity between elements of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Karuna faction (ref C). The Nordi [...] | 2006-11-22 02:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO196 | SRI LANKA: SPRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS MAY [...] (C) Summary: The Elections Commissioner has called for candidate nominations to Local Governments (LGs) to be submitted between February 9-16, with elections to fall four to six weeks afterward. A local NGO and the opposition United National Party (UNP) have filed court cases requesting a r [...] | 2006-02-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1968 | SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER LOBBIES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe called a meeting for diplomatic representatives November 22 to highlight the Government of Sri Lanka's human rights initiatives. Samarasinghe's apparent objective was to head off an EU-sponsored human rights reso [...] | 2006-11-24 06:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1971 | SRI LANKAN REACTIONS TO NOV. 21 CO-CHAIRS STATEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the November 21 publication of the Co-Chairs' statement, Emboffs spoke to politicians and civil society representatives to gauge the Sri Lankan reaction. In a November 22 speech to parliament, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera thanked the international community a [...] | 2006-11-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1972 | SRI LANKA OPPOSITION LEADER AGREES ON NEED FOR [...] (C) Ambassador and Pol Chief met opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on November 24 to brief him on the result of the November 20-21 Co-Chairs meeting in Washington. Ambassador Blake told Wickremesinghe that the Co-Chairs had concluded the Memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Wickreme [...] | 2006-11-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1973 | SRI LANKA MONITORING MISSION CONFIRMS CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: Pol Chief met November 24 with Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) policy advisor (and occasional acting spokesperson) Helen Olafsdottir and Spokesperson Thorfinnur Omarsson to discuss recent cease-fire violation, the human rights situation, and the mission's current functioning [...] | 2006-11-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1977 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...] | 2006-11-28 08:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1978 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...] | 2006-11-28 08:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1982 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...] | 2006-11-28 08:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1985 | SRI LANKA: TIGER LEADER'S HEROES DAY SPEECH JUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his annual "Great Heroes' Day" speech, Tamil Tiger chief Prabhakaran castigated successive Sri Lankan governments for failing to keep promises to present a viable plan to settle Sri Lanka's decades-old ethnic conflict. He declared the 2002 Cease-Fire Agreement "defunct," but s [...] | 2006-11-28 08:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1987 | SRI LANKA SIGNS UP TO PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) notified the Embassy via diplomatic note of its intention to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The GSL cautioned that it will do so "consistent with its national laws and obligations under international law." Complete text [...] | 2006-11-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1988 | SRI LANKA SIGNS UP TO PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) notified the Embassy via diplomatic note of its intention to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The GSL cautioned that it will do so "consistent with its national laws and obligations under international law." Complete text [...] | 2006-11-28 09:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1989 | SRI LANKA SIGNS UP TO PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) notified the Embassy via diplomatic note of its intention to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The GSL cautioned that it will do so "consistent with its national laws and obligations under international law." Complete text [...] | 2006-11-28 09:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1993 | SRI LANKA: LACK OF DESIRE FOR PEACE MAY IMPEDE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with a group of key financial sector institution heads on November 27. The meeting provided for a frank discussion on pressing issues faced by the sector and the country. While peace is essential for their business and for the economy, the group expressed g [...] | 2006-11-29 06:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1994 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS NOT TERMINATING CEASEFIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nordic monitors from the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission reported to the Embassy that the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) were not withdrawing from the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement with the government. LTTE chief negotiator Tamilchelvan told them his movement wants the SLMM mission to continue as [...] | 2006-11-29 11:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1995 | SRI LANKA: LTTE LEADER'S HEROES' DAY SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Prabhakaran,s annual November 27 Heroes' Day address (ref),media reports quoted Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa as discounting LTTE threats of resumed violence and calling on Prabhakaran to engage directly with him in talks [...] | 2006-11-29 11:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO200 | PROMISE OF CEASE-FIRE TALKS STANCHES FLOW OF [...] (SBU) Data recently released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Colombo shows that the flow of Tamils out of potential conflict areas in northern Sri Lanka was much higher than the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) or the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) had reported. Di [...] | 2006-02-08 08:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CE |
06COLOMBO2010 | SRI LANKA: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Unknown assailants, but most likely the LTTE ("Tamil Tigers"),attacked the motorcade of Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa) with explosives on December 1. The method of delivery was apparently a vehicle-borne "claymore" mine. According to [...] | 2006-12-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2013 | SRI LANKA: DEPUTY USTR URGES PRESIDENT TO IMPROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a meeting on November 30, asked Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia to help facilitate completion of a Millennium Challenge Compact for his country. Rajapaksa made it clear that Sri Lanka was prepared to drop controversial irr [...] | 2006-12-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO2014 | HANSSEN-BAUER EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer met briefly with Co-Chair Ambassadors to compare notes before he begins a trip to Kilinochchi to meet with the LTTE on December 2. After two days of meetings with Government and civil society representatives in Colombo, he expressed concern about [...] | 2006-12-01 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO2015 | GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW ALL CONTACTS WITH LTTE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt of Defense Secretary Rajapakse (ref a),the Government of Sri Lanka announced on December 3 that the Cabinet will decide on December 6 whether to revive the ban on contacts with the LTTE, which would effectiv [...] | 2006-12-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO2020 | SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS CABINET TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Ambassador strongly urged the Sri Lankan government (GSL) to refrain from proscribing the LTTE ("Tamil Tigers," saying it would effectively put an end to the peace process. The Minister responded that the governm [...] | 2006-12-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2021 | SRI LANKA KEEPS PEACE PROCESS ALIVE; REINSTATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Cabinet reached a consensus not to react to the assassination attempt on Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (ref a) by proscribing the SIPDIS LTTE. Instead, the President will issue an order reinstating provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. However, [...] | 2006-12-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2030 | SRI LANKA: MINISTER GIVES ASSURANCES ON HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 6 meeting, the Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights gave Ambassador his readout of Cabinet deliberations over the promulgation of new powers for security forces in the fight against LTTE terrorism. He assured us, however, that the new regulations adeq [...] | 2006-12-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO2031 | TERRORIST LISTS: SRI LANKA DOES NOT MAINTAIN A [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 06:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KVPR CE |
06COLOMBO2033 | SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT DEFENDS EMERGENCY MEASURES TO [...] (SBU) In a December 7 address to the nation on the new emergency measures (in Sinhala, translation e-mailed to SCA/INS),President Mahinda Rajapaksa offered brief thanks to the members of international community that have rejected the LTTE's call for "Eelam," or a separate state. He singled o [...] | 2006-12-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2037 | HANSSEN-BAUER RETURNS EMPTY HANDED FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a readout to Co-Chair Ambassadors the evening of December 8, Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer reported that the LTTE had refused all four initiatives proposed the Government of Sri Lanka, including the idea of holding peace talks as soon as possible. The LTTE respon [...] | 2006-12-10 04:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO2043 | SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN JAFFNA DIRE [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's December 7 visit to Jaffna, Government Agent Mr. K. Ganesh (protect throughout) expressed deep concern for the humanitarian situation in Jaffna, particularly with regard to nutrition and livelihoods. Since August 11, when the Tigers attacked the Governme [...] | 2006-12-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2045 | SRI LANKA: PROBABLE "YES" ON SUDAN SPECIAL SESSION [...] (C) Pol Chief demarched MFA multilateral section deputy director Gunesekara on December 8, who confirmed that Sri Lanka was leaning toward voting for the Finnish resolution. Gunesekara reported that the Sri Lankan Ambassador had weighed in with a favorable recommendation on the Finnish draft, [...] | 2006-12-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN CE |
06COLOMBO2046 | SRI LANKA: ALL PARTY REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rajapaksa appointed a Panel of Experts (PoE),all lawyers, to draft constitutional recommendations for a "maximum devolution" proposal that can form the basis for talks with the LTTE. Some supporters of the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and some Tamil lega [...] | 2006-12-11 13:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO2050 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA UNIVERSITY STAFF, STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Jaffna Government Agent Mr. K. Ganesh hosted a panel discussion on December 7 with Jaffna University faculty and students and the Ambassador. Classes have been suspended at the University since August 11, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked the crossing poin [...] | 2006-12-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2051 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR TELLS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Foreign Minister Samaraweera on December 11 that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is allowing the "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE) to exploit the serious humanitarian and human rights situation in Jaffna by alienating the local population from the government. While some of [...] | 2006-12-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2052 | SRI LANKA: ARMY SHELLS HIT VAKARAI IDPS, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 press release, the International Committee for the Red Cross confirmed the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) shelling December 8-11 killed up to 27 civilians in LTTE-controlled Vakarai and injured 30. About 35,000 civilians remain trapped in Vakarai where the LTTE and GSL s [...] | 2006-12-12 13:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2054 | HRC: SRI LANKA WILL NOT SUPPORT EXPERT MISSION TO [...] (C) Further to reftel, Pol chief followed up with MFA Multilateral Section Deputy Director Gunesekera on December 12. Gunesekera affirmed Sri Lanka was disposed to support the Finnish draft. However, she said that, according to her information, there was still no consensus in Geneva on the [...] | 2006-12-13 02:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KTIA PREL SU UN CE |
06COLOMBO2056 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA CIVILIANS FEAR SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) During the Ambassador's December 7 trip to Jaffna and a December 5-8 political section/USAID visit, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Human Rights authorities told us they have seen evidence that security forces intelligence units are working with paramilitary cadres belonging to Minister Dou [...] | 2006-12-13 06:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2060 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA BISHOP CALLS FOR TOUGH MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Blake met the Catholic Bishop of Jaffna on December 7 during his day trip to the northern peninsula. An outspoken Tamil rights advocate, the Bishop told the Ambassador that the international community will have to use "stick diplomacy" to persuade the Government of Sr [...] | 2006-12-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2063 | Sri Lanka FY 2007 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mahinda Rajapakse, who is also the Finance Minister, presented the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL's) FY 07 budget to Parliament on November 16. The budget envisages large increases in both expenditure and revenue. Military expenditure will increase by 28 percent to [...] | 2006-12-13 12:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE |
06COLOMBO2066 | DONORS PRESS GSL TO FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] Chiefs of Mission of the EU, Norway, Australia, Canada, Germany (on behalf of the Finnish EU Presidency),and Switzerland and the DCM met on December 12 to develop a joint response to the GSL's call to host a development forum in late January. The forum would provide bilateral and multilater [...] | 2006-12-14 09:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE EAID ECON PHUM SOCI |
06COLOMBO2067 | SRI LANKA TO PROCEED WITH GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Following up on ref B, Defense Attache passed information to Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa during a previously scheduled meeting on November 3. DATT later received a call back from Defense Ministry expressing interest and asking for more information. Pol Chief received a reque [...] | 2006-12-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR PREL MASS KSEP CE |
06COLOMBO207 | DEMARCHE: DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006 ELECTION [...] (C) On February 8, Ambassador Lunstead delivered Reftel demarche to Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Palihakkara acknowledged the points concerning Venezuela as enumerated by the Ambassador and stated that his government would consider the [...] | 2006-02-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2070 | 5TH ROUND OF TIFA TALKS HIGHLIGHT ON OBSTACLES TO US [...] (SBU) Summary. The Office of the US Trade Representative and the Sri Lankan Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Marketing Development held the Fifth Joint Council Meeting under the bilateral US-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in Colombo on December 1. [...] | 2006-12-14 11:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE |
06COLOMBO2072 | SRI LANKA WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE - DEC 2006 [...] Per Ref A, below is an update of the worst forms of child labor information for Sri Lanka. This report provides new developments since the submission of the last update in 2005 (Ref B). Child Labor Legislation ----------------------- 2. In August 2006, the Parliament passed an amendmen [...] | 2006-12-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID CE |
06COLOMBO2073 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA CALMER FOLLOWING AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Pol FSN spoke December 14 with Mr. Remidious, Legal Advisor and Acting Coordinator of the Human Rights Commission in Jaffna, Government Agent K. Ganesh, and the Jaffna Bishop Rev. Thomas Savundranayagam. Each interlocutor pointed out that since Ambassador Blake's December 7 visit [...] | 2006-12-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2077 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARTY URGES MORE TALKS BUT SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on December 14 with Ambassador and PolCouns, Members of Parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA, which shares the political goals of the "Tamil Tigers"),criticized the report of an Experts' Committee on possible future power-sharing arrangements, but felt th [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2078 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAFFNA, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on December 15 with Basil Rajapakse, the brother and chief political advisor of President Rajapakse, to urge that the President address the deteriorating human rights situation and problems in Jaffna, and that the President urge as rapid consideration as possible [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO2081 | SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2082 | SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2083 | SRI LANKA: MUSLIM PARTY SUPPORTS DE-MERGER OF [...] (C) Ambassador met December 11 with representatives of the All Ceylon Muslim Congress (ACMC),including Minister of Disaster Relief Services M.S.S. Ameer. The ACMC split from Rauf Hakeem's Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) (ref b) to support the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),although [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2084 | SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...] | 2006-12-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2086 | SRI LANKA: HUGE PUSH TO DEVELOP THE PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] Summary. Since President Rajapaksa's election, there has been renewed interest in pursuing several infrastructure projects in Hambantota District, his home district and one of the poorest and least developed areas in Sri Lanka. Proposed projects include an international airport, an industria [...] | 2006-12-18 03:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE |
06COLOMBO2087 | PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSE REQUESTS DS ADVICE ON HIS [...] (C) Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, brother of President Mahinda Rajapakse, contacted me to ask if the United States could advise the President and his security detail how they might improve all aspects of his security. The Secretary said the President had been impressed with the secur [...] | 2006-12-18 04:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CE |
06COLOMBO2089 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Enforcement Advisors, Fred Borakove and Carol Kelley from January 19 to January 27, 2007. The purpose of their visit is to deliver the financial investigators techniques training course to be hosted by the governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and [...] | 2006-12-18 05:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OTRA KPAO AFIN CE |
06COLOMBO209 | CHAIRMAN GIVES STATUS REPORT ON AD HOC COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On February 8, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara hosted the Chiefs of Missions of the G-8 countries and India for a discussion concerning the outstanding issues facing the February 27 meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism (AHCT). AHCT chairman Dr. Rohan Perera ( [...] | 2006-02-08 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO2090 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EILEEN BURKE, [...] Post grants country clearance to Eileen Burke, Lawrence Camp and Andrew Farnum of Millennium Challenge Corporation to visit Colombo from January 3 to January 28, 2007. The purpose of their visit is to continue due diligence on the SME Development portions of the GOSL?s Millennium Challenge Com [...] | 2006-12-18 05:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KMCA ECON OTRA KPAO AFIN OVIP CE |
06COLOMBO2094 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT FACES CHALLENGES IN BUILDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, former Sri Lankan president Kumaratunga told a group of supporters she will return to politics, possibly making a bid to regain leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),currently headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. On Dec 12, the Marxist, Sinhalese n [...] | 2006-12-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO2095 | SRI LANKA: EASTERN UNIVERSITY VICE-CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary. Eastern University (Batticaloa) Vice-Chancellor S. Ravindranath disappeared from an area of heightened security in Colombo midday on December 15. Civil monitors and human rights activists allege that the LTTE-breakaway Karuna faction (TMVP),in collusion with state security forc [...] | 2006-12-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2096 | ECONOMIC LEADERS MUST FOCUS ON DEFENSE; IMF [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption within the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL),shifting of budgetary allocations for defense expenditures, Sri Lanka,s true potential for economic growth, and the planned closure of the International Monetary Fund,s (IMF,s) Resident Office in Sri Lanka, were topics on De [...] | 2006-12-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID CE |
06COLOMBO2099 | SRI LANKA: TWENTY-THREE STUDENTS ABDUCTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-three teenage students and two teachers were abducted from a private tutorial center in the Thirukovil area of the southeastern Ampara district on December 18 at approximately 10 p.m. The Government of Sri Lanka has blamed the "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE). Other interlocutors no [...] | 2006-12-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO21 | Sri Lankan Nominee for the USPTO's February [...] Post welcomes the opportunity to nominate candidates for the USPTO training programs and is pleased to nominate Wasantha Navaratna Bandara, Senior State Counsel in the Attorney General's office, for the program scheduled from February 21-24, 2006. 2. Mr. Bandara has worked in the Attorney [...] | 2006-01-04 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR CE OEXC ECONOMICS |
06COLOMBO2104 | SRI LANKA: TOURISM INDUSTRY DECIMATED BY CONFLICT [...] Summary. Sri Lanka's tourism industry has suffered dramatically in recent months as incidents of terrorism have increased and western countries have ramped up their travel warnings for Sri Lanka. Hotel companies are responding to the drop in business by implementing severe cost cutting measur [...] | 2006-12-20 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE |
06COLOMBO2105 | Agreement Ends Tea Plantation Strike For Most [...] Summary: Sri Lankan tea trade unions have been striking for the last two weeks to demand an increase in wages. On December 19, most unions, representing 80-90 percent of the tea plantation workforce, entered into an agreement for a moderate increase in wages. Some unions, however, did not ca [...] | 2006-12-20 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE |
06COLOMBO2106 | SRI LANKA: US TRADE MISSION A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The extended business outreach project involving four US companies to Sri Lanka, who were part of a major US trade delegation to India, was successfully concluded with the participating companies reporting encouraging prospects. Post would like to acknowledge the efforts and ti [...] | 2006-12-20 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE |
06COLOMBO2107 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS APOLOGIZE FOR ABDUCTING 23 [...] (C) Summary: The "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE) apologized late December 19 for the December 18 "mistaken recruitment" of 23 students from a private tutorial center in Thirukovil, Ampara, releasing the abductees to the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) that evening. Humanitarian interlo [...] | 2006-12-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2113 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR AND OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On December 20, the Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the major opposition United National Party (UNP),to discuss the prospects for a Sinhalese consensus on resolving Sri Lanka,s ethnic conflict. Wickremesinghe, who had met with President Rajapaksa earlier tha [...] | 2006-12-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO2114 | COLOMBO PORT TO EXPAND AS MUCH AS 300 PERCENT [...] On December 18, 2006, President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially inaugurated the commencement of the Colombo Port Expansion Project (CPEP) at an opening ceremony attended by the U.S. Ambassador. Cited as the largest development project undertaken by Sri Lanka to date, the Government of Sri Lanka [...] | 2006-12-22 03:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV ETRD EWWT EAID CE |
06COLOMBO2118 | COLOMBO PLAN ON TRACK TO RECRUIT NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) On December 21 Ambassador Blake met with Pakistani High Commissioner Shahzad Chaudhry, currently serving as President of the Colombo Plan Council (CPC). The Ambassador explained US objections to an extension on Colombo Plan Secret [...] | 2006-12-22 06:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2119 | CORRUPTION WORSENING IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary: On December 9th 2006, the Sri Lanka Chapter of Transparency International organized the National Integrity Awards to commemorate United Nations International Anti Corruption Day. Justice Ameer Ismail, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corrup [...] | 2006-12-22 06:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM SOCI EAID CE |
06COLOMBO212 | DEMARCHE: PSI ENDORSEMENT BY THE 2/13 2006 ASTOP [...] (C) DCM joined Australian High Commissioner French, Japanese Ambassador Suda, British High Commissioner Evans and Canadian Charge' Shea in February 9 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) demarche (reftel) on Foreign Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara. French presented reftel points, focusing [...] | 2006-02-09 08:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XC CE |
06COLOMBO2122 | SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER URGES QUICK [...] Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a meeting on December 22 to discuss the status of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). Representatives of the sponsoring countries and organizations and relevant Government of Sri Lanka [...] | 2006-12-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2123 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] (C) Ambassador hosted a one-on-one lunch for Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad on December 22, hours after Prasad presented his credentials to President Rajapakse. The Ambassador told Prasad that he and his Embassy colleagues looked forward to working very closely with Prasad and his miss [...] | 2006-12-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR CE IN |
06COLOMBO2126 | SRI LANKA: LTTE BOARDS JORDANIAN SHIP, RUNS IT [...] (U) On December 23, the Jordanian vessel "Faraha 3," carrying 14,000 metric tons of rice from southern India to South Africa, had engine failure and anchored in Sri Lanka's northern territorial waters. Newspapers reported that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres boarded the ship, r [...] | 2006-12-26 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT ETRD EAGR PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2127 | SRI LANKA LOSES HALF OF GERMAN TSUNAMI AID [...] (U) SUMMARY: News of Germany's reallocation of approximately 19 million euros in tsunami reconstruction funding from Sri Lanka to Aceh, Indonesia hit the newswires on December 23 and 24 following remarks by the German Minister for Overseas Development during a visit to Aceh. This funding, ea [...] | 2006-12-26 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM SOCI EAID CE |
06COLOMBO213 | SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT IN SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador's discussion with Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, the head of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation to the February 22-23 ceasefire talks in Geneva, along with poloff's separate consultations with staff at the GSL Peace Secretariat, indicate that the new Gov [...] | 2006-02-09 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2135 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER CONCERNED DE-MERGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since October, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has discussed de-merging the north and east, currently administered as a single province per the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accords. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its proxies have said a continued merger is an essential pre- [...] | 2006-12-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2139 | SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON JORDANIAN SHIP GROUNDED OFF [...] (U) December 28-29 saw a barrage of media articles on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) boarding a Jordanian vessel and forcing the crew to raise anchor, causing the ship to be grounded off the coast of Mullaitivu in the north (ref). Papers reported that the Sri Lanka Monitoring Miss [...] | 2006-12-29 06:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2142 | SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS VOICE CONCERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Secretary Rice's December 14 initiative, Ambassador Blake hosted a roundtable discussion with human rights activists and civil society representatives on December 21. The Ambassador briefed the group on USG efforts and also solicited views on how best to stren [...] | 2006-12-29 12:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PTER PREL CE |
06COLOMBO219 | SRI LANKA: PROPOSAL FOR INCLE FUNDS [...] Summary: Per Reftel request, this message contains Post's endorsement for the International Organization of Migration (IOM)'s proposal to combat trafficking in persons. IOM representatives informed us they have forwarded the proposal directly to G/TIP. IOM has a proven track record within S [...] | 2006-02-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CE |
06COLOMBO230 | SRI LANKA: GSL INSIDER PREDICTS PRE-GENEVA [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with poloff, presidential advisor and younger sibling Basil Rajapaksa discussed Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) thinking and expectations in the run-up to talks on the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) scheduled for February 22-23 in Geneva. [...] | 2006-02-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO242 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON RADHIKA COOMARASWAMY, [...] (C) Radhika Coomaraswamy, whose appointment as UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict was announced on February 7, has been a close and valued contact of the Embassy for more than two decades. She has been a long-standing and vociferous opponent of the Liberation Tigers o [...] | 2006-02-16 07:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR CE |
06COLOMBO247 | SRI LANKA NOMINATION OF MFA LEGAL ADVISER ROHAN [...] (U) Ambassador was requested to come in by Foreign Secretary Palihakkara Feb 16 to discuss the candidacy of Sri SIPDIS Lankan MFA Legal Adviser Rohan Perera to the International Law Commission (ILC). At the last minute, Foreign Secretary was detained at the President's office, so meeting wa [...] | 2006-02-16 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC CE UN |
06COLOMBO248 | SRI LANKA NOMINATION OF MFA LEGAL ADVISER ROHAN [...] (U) Ambassador was requested to come in by Foreign Secretary Palihakkara Feb 16 to discuss the candidacy of Sri SIPDIS Lankan MFA Legal Adviser Rohan Perera to the International Law Commission (ILC). At the last minute, Foreign Secretary was detained at the President's office, so meeting wa [...] | 2006-02-16 11:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC CE UN |
06COLOMBO250 | SRI LANKA: POLICE, COMMUNITY, SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, emboffs traveled to Alawwa, 30 miles north of Colombo in Kurunegela District, to look into reports from the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) that the congregation of a local Christian church had been threatened and harassed on Christm [...] | 2006-02-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO256 | SRI LANKA: PRE-TALKS PREPARATIONS, POSTURING [...] (C) Ambassador's meetings with the three Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Ministers who will participate in talks on the Ceasefire Agreement in Geneva February 22-23 indicate that the new Rajapaksa government is diligently preparing for its first face-to-face with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...] | 2006-02-17 05:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO271 | SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Rohitha Bogollagama, Sri Lankan Minister for Investment Promotion and Industries, is a colorful, aisle-crossing politician and lawyer whose bipartisan experience--as well as his involvement in a few sensational local scandals--may make him uniquely qualified for the delicate job of pres [...] | 2006-02-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV EINV CE |
06COLOMBO284 | (C) SRI LANKA: INFORMATION REGARDING EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have a twenty-year history of using youths, some as young as 10, in non-combatant as well as combat and even suicide bomber roles. The use of underage boys and girls points to a systemic shortage of traditional manpower and an attempt [...] | 2006-02-23 03:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO287 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-23 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER IZ CE |
06COLOMBO306 | Special Media Reaction: Conclusion of Ceasefire [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan media, in an avalanche of commentary on the just concluded ceasefire talks in Geneva, spun the outcome in different directions according to their traditional political tendencies. Comment in state-owned media chided the local independent media and international wire [...] | 2006-02-27 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE |
06COLOMBO308 | SRI LANKA: MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING ON [...] (C) With the conclusion on February 23 of the first round of talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in three years, southern political parties are feverishly engaging in Monday morning quarterbacking to determine whether the GSL "won" or [...] | 2006-02-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO309 | SRI LANKA'S PREMIER BUSINESS CHAMBER CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lanka's first "Economic Summit," sponsored in January by Sri Lanka's premier business group, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, provided an opportunity for business leaders to discuss their role in vital issues confronting the country such as the peace process and economic deve [...] | 2006-02-28 03:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV XD XO CE |
06COLOMBO331 | SRI LANKA: THE SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's submission for the sixth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Anamika Chakravorty, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 21: Sri Lanka [...] | 2006-03-01 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE |
06COLOMBO337 | AVIAN INFLUENZA - SRI LANKA UPDATE FOLLOWING INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The avian flu (AI) outbreak in nearby India has generated significant publicity in Sri Lanka, with public concern leading to decreased consumption of poultry products. Little change has taken place since November (Ref A) in the pace of preparations by the Government of Sri Lan [...] | 2006-03-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC CE |
06COLOMBO338 | NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR HAPPY WITH GENEVA BUT SEES [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar told Colombo co-chairs reps March 2 that the Geneva talks had exceeded his expectations. An initially tense atmosphere had relaxed over time and made it possible for agreement on a joint statement. Brattskar is fairly confident the next round wil [...] | 2006-03-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO |
06COLOMBO340 | SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION MEMBERS' [...] (C) In separate conversations March 2, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation members John Gooneratne and Nivard Cabraal told emboffs they were generally pleased with the outcome of the February 22-23 talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva. Both said they foresee [...] | 2006-03-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO342 | SRI LANKA: DEMINING RETURNING TO FULL SPEED [...] (U) NGOs continued humanitarian demining while Sri Lankan Army (SLA) deminers were still hunkered down following the December and January surge in attacks on security forces by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While remaining on operational stand down, Department-funded demining [...] | 2006-03-03 06:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID CASC MOPS KHDP CE |
06COLOMBO349 | Terrorism Finance - Placement of Op-Ed on [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 10:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN KPAO EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR CE |
06COLOMBO357 | SUPPORT FOR TRADE MISSIONS TO SRI LANKA [...] Summary: Post, along with the American Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (AmCham Sri Lanka) would welcome a trade mission described in reftel from the American Chamber of Commerce of India (AmCham India). Post will work closely with AmCham Sri Lanka on this project. Regarding a possible separa [...] | 2006-03-07 08:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD KTEX ECON CE |
06COLOMBO367 | SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 09:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN CE |
06COLOMBO368 | LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO SRI LANKAN FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER OPDC UN CE |
06COLOMBO373 | SRI LANKA ALMOST CERTAINLY TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] (C) The Ambassador demarched Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera March 8 on the need for Guatemala, not Venezuela, to obtain the Latin America seat on the UNSC this fall. Samaraweera said, "At the moment, we are thinking along the same lines. We are moving in that direction." He noted t [...] | 2006-03-08 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CE |
06COLOMBO374 | EU Election Observation Media Analysis [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO EAID OIIP PREL CE |
06COLOMBO377 | SRI LANKA: GSL MINISTERS DOWNPLAY COMPLEXITIES IN [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with Health Minister and chief Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) negotiator Nimal Siripala de Silva and a March 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, the Ambassador stressed that the GSL must be proactive in upholding its commitments under the joint statem [...] | 2006-03-08 10:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO382 | SRI LANKA: JVP INSISTS CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT MUST [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva and JVP MP Vijitha Herath told poloff that their party generally supported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva February 22-23 but insisted that th [...] | 2006-03-09 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR CE |
06COLOMBO383 | USCIRF VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited Sri Lanka February 23-25 and met with religious, political, and civil society leaders to get a sense of the overall human rights situation as well as to discuss reports of unethical conv [...] | 2006-03-10 04:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO4 | IS SRI LANKA GOING BACK TO WAR - AND WHAT CAN WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the optimism and hope surrounding the four-year old ceasefire agreement (CFA) fade and a return to some sort of war becomes an increasing (but certainly not inevitable) possibility, the U.S. and the rest of the concerned international community need to consider how best to he [...] | 2006-01-03 07:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS EFIN CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO400 | READY OR NOT, HERE THEY COME: (MOST) LOCAL [...] (C) Local government elections, scheduled to take place in most areas on March 30, have been embroiled in controversy and legal challenges since the deadline for nominations passed on February 16. Although the pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has file [...] | 2006-03-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO408 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CLAIMS NO GSL [...] (C) In a March 15 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Ambassador stressed the importance of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) upholding its commitment to restrain any armed group other than Government security forces from operating in GSL-controlled territory (Reftels). Acc [...] | 2006-03-16 09:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO414 | SRI LANKA MONITORING MISSION: SCORING THE GENEVA [...] (C) Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Spokeswoman Helen Olafsdottir told poloffs on March 17 that the level of violence in the north and east had diminished dramatically since the February 22-23 talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...] | 2006-03-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO428 | SRI LANKA: LTTE-BACKED STUDENTS BLOCK VICE [...] (SBU) Vehement protests by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-affiliated Jaffna University Student Union (JUSU) have prevented Professor S. Ratnajeevan Hoole, who was appointed Vice Chancellor to the troubled university on March 9, from assuming his duties. President Mahinda Rajapak [...] | 2006-03-20 11:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV SOCI CE |
06COLOMBO431 | SRI LANKA MAY HAVE OIL AND GAS FIELDS, BUT LACKS [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lanka is preparing to call for expressions of interest from international companies for oil and gas exploration as studies conducted by an international company have revealed possible petroleum resources in the seabed off the northern and western coasts. While Sri Lanka app [...] | 2006-03-21 03:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD BEXP CE |
06COLOMBO460 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDANT (AND SIBLING) [...] (C) Basil Rajapaksa, confidant and advisor to his older brother President Mahinda Rajapaksa, told poloff on March 22 that in the second round of talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),scheduled to be held in Geneva April 19-21, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) wants to move [...] | 2006-03-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO467 | SRI LANKA: NORWEGIANS CONCERNED ABOUT PROSPECTS [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting, Norwegian emboffs expressed concern that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),absent greater evidence that the Government is disarming the Karuna paramilitary and/or other confidence building measures, may pull out of talks with the Government of Sri Lanka ( [...] | 2006-03-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO470 | SRI LANKA: NEW ANTI-LTTE TAMIL PARTY: A CREDIBLE [...] (C) Summary: A new Tamil umbrella political party hopes to pose an alternative to the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and to attract prominent non-LTTE Tamils, such as Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) misfit V. Anandasangaree and People's Liberation Front of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) chi [...] | 2006-03-25 06:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO471 | COLOMBO CO-CHAIRS HUDDLE IN FACE OF POST-GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. In the face of tepid performances by both the GSL and the LTTE in fulfilling their Geneva commitments, local co- chair representatives plan to beard each side in early April, after March 30 local government elections. That said, violence remains down which is quite encouraging [...] | 2006-03-27 04:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO |
06COLOMBO484 | Slow but Steady Progress on Sri Lankan Tsunami [...] (U) Summary: Despite a change in Government in late 2005, and resultant changes in ministries and personnel handling tsunami reconstruction, Sri Lanka continues to make steady, if not speedy, progress in rebuilding. The new Government has rolled back the problematic ?buffer zone,? thus movi [...] | 2006-03-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON CE |
06COLOMBO495 | SRI LANKA: JVP GIVING ALL IT'S GOT IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Poloff's March 26-27 visit to four southern districts suggested a sharp split in attitudes--if not in actual platforms--among the three largest parties in the run-up to March 30 local elections. The governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is banking on traditional voter preferences for [...] | 2006-03-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO508 | SRI LANKA: LTTE-KARUNA TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN [...] (C ) Summary: Following the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva in mid-February, the eastern district of Batticaloa has seen tension and turf battles between the LTTE and the breakaway Karuna faction. During a March 19-21 visit, [...] | 2006-03-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO528 | SRI LANKA: STRONG GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN LOCAL [...] (SBU) Local government (LG) elections were held March 30 in a total of 266 Municipal Councils (MCs),Urban Councils (UCs),and Pradeshiya Sabhas (PSs- village councils) in most areas of Sri Lanka except the north and the eastern district of Batticaloa. (Note: Polling in those areas is due Sep [...] | 2006-04-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO53 | Special Media Reaction: LTTE Sinks Navy Ship Off [...] (U) Summary: English and vernacular press on Sunday, January 8, overwhelmingly led with January 7th's pre-dawn LTTE suicide attack on the Sri Lanka Navy Dvora-class vessel off the coast of the eastern port of Trincomalee. English, Sinhala, and some independent Tamil press readily blamed the L [...] | 2006-01-09 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO533 | Sri Lanka Garment Sector Revises Revenue [...] (SBU) Summary: Sluggish growth in apparel exports has prompted Sri Lanka to re-design its textile and garment industry strategy. While new growth targets have not been set, the new strategy will focus on promoting two broad categories of apparel and enhancing productivity. In addition, a k [...] | 2006-04-05 03:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KTEX ETRD CE |
06COLOMBO534 | SRI LANKAN TAX ON FOREIGN PROGRAMMING COULD HARM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move to resuscitate the ailing local movie industry and protect the local TV production industry, Sri Lanka has announced plans to impose a tax on most foreign television series and movie broadcasts. While the tax was slated to go into effect April 1, no implementing reg [...] | 2006-04-05 03:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CE |
06COLOMBO537 | Garment Quota Expiration No Drastic Impact on Labor [...] (SBU) Summary: While Sri Lankas apparel export growth slowed to 3% from an expected 12% (REFTEL),there has been no drastic impact on labor, as previously expected. Although, there is evidence of about 10,000 job losses, most of the workers have been absorbed back into the industry as large [...] | 2006-04-05 04:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KTEX ETRD CE |
06COLOMBO54 | Special Media Reaction: Sri Lankan Foreign [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera's first official visit to Washington D.C. January 5 - 8 elicited much attention from the government- owned and mainstream independent press. State-run and independent television news programs carried prominent footage of the Ministe [...] | 2006-01-09 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE |
06COLOMBO543 | PRESIDENT AGREES CO-CHAIRS SHOULD DELIVER STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa agreed that Co-Chair Chiefs of Mission (minus the US) should travel to Kilinocchi to deliver message to Tigers that they need to engage seriously in Geneva talks, give up violence, and broaden Geneva agenda beyond the ceasefire agreement (CFA). Co-Chairs will [...] | 2006-04-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO546 | SRI LANKA: JVP SOLDIERING ON AFTER DISAPPOINTING [...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with poloff, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva downplayed his party's dismal showing in March 30 local elections (Ref B). "We knew the SLFP (the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party) was going to win," he insisted; "we're pleased with our res [...] | 2006-04-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CE |
06COLOMBO55 | SRI LANKA: ESCALATING VIOLENCE SHIFTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The week of January 2 was quiet in the Jaffna peninsula where several attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the last 30 days had claimed the lives of dozens of security forces (Ref B). However, the eastern district of Trincomalee became the new nexus of violence [...] | 2006-01-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO550 | SRI LANKA PLANS FIRST SOVEREIGN BOND ISSUE; MAY [...] (U) Summary: For the first time, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) intends to raise funds through a sovereign bond issue. Traditionally, Sri Lanka has avoided large-scale borrowing from the international capital markets, relying on concessionary donor financing and local borrowing to fill i [...] | 2006-04-06 06:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CE |
06COLOMBO551 | NATION-BUILDING BONDS: SRI LANKA TARGETS ITS [...] (U) Summary: In a move to raise funds from new markets, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is targeting its citizens living overseas (who normally repatriate over USD 1 billion in remittances annually) to purchase patriotically-branded, Nation Building Bonds (NBB),by offering tax holidays and [...] | 2006-04-06 07:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CE |
06COLOMBO553 | SRI LANKA: INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS IN LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: Political in-fighting, spearheaded by the Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),is hindering formation of the Constitutional Council, the multi-partisan body empowered to nminate members to independent watchdog authoritis like the Human Rights Commission (HRC),P [...] | 2006-04-06 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CE |
06COLOMBO557 | TIGERS NOT YET COMMITTED TO SECOND ROUND OF TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are not yet willing to commit to attending the second round of peace talks scheduled for April 19-20 in Geneva, according to Solheim and Hanssen-Bauer. While the Tigers want to stick to discussing the Ceasefire Agreement, the GSL wants to broa [...] | 2006-04-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO559 | SRI LANKAN AIRLINES INTERESTED IN BOEING AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan Airlines (SLA),Sri Lankas national carrier, is in contact with Boeing and Airbus regarding gradual replacement of its current all Airbus fleet. Boeing will have tough competition from Airbus, due to its existing hold on Sri Lankan Airlines and its partner Emirates [...] | 2006-04-10 05:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN ECON CE |
06COLOMBO57 | REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS [...] (U) Post welcomes renewed attention by ECA to cultural and sports diplomacy as important tools to support mission objectives(reftel). Following responses are keyed to reftel paragraph four. --------------------------------------------- -------------- A: Which of your mission objectives bene [...] | 2006-01-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OEXC OPRC PREL SCUL CE |
06COLOMBO581 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENZI [...] (SBU) Senator Enzi, your delegation's April 14 visit to Sri Lanka offers a valuable opportunity to highlight our warm bilateral ties, re-emphasize our commitment to support the peace process and review progress on key elements of our humanitarian assistance program. Bilateral relations with [...] | 2006-04-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON CE |
06COLOMBO584 | CIVIL AIR IN SRI LANKA 3 NEW CARRIERS [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is taking some steps to liberalize civil aviation. The GSL has issued provisional licenses to three new airlines registered in Sri Lanka to operate international air services, although initially they will be restricted to Sri Lanka-India routes. U [...] | 2006-04-12 04:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR CE |
06COLOMBO585 | SRI LANKA CIVIL AIR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankas civil aviation industry is undergoing important changes. In order to continue development of its tourism industry and meet International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards within the country, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) wants to build a second runway [...] | 2006-04-12 04:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR CE |
06COLOMBO591 | NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT LETTER TO SRI LANKA AND LTTE [...] (C) After Co-Chairs meeting April 12 (septel),Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar grabbed Ambassador privately to pass copy of letter which Norwegian International Development Minister Erik Solheim was sending to Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa. Brattskar said very similar letter would be sent to L [...] | 2006-04-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO592 | SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE, VERBIAGE THREATEN GENEVA TALKS [...] (U) Summary: After a brief moratorium on violence following the late January announcement of the first round of Geneva talks (Ref A),the all-too-regrettable pattern of tit-for-tat bloodshed between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its armed rivals has resumed with a vengeance. [...] | 2006-04-12 09:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO600 | GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR STRONG RESPONSE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair ambassadors, minus the U.S., pushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hard in an August 10 meeting to make clear its commitment to "Geneva II" but the Tigers are focused on the "transportation issue" in which the GSL has refused to chopper Eastern Tigers to the [...] | 2006-04-12 11:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO601 | SRI LANKA: MORE BOMB BLASTS AND BLOODSHED IN [...] (SBU) A recent upsurge in violence that has seen 30 people killed in the north and east in just five days continued April 12 when a series of bomb blasts shook Trincomalee town in the late afternoon. Although details remain sketchy, information culled from police, journalists, local resident [...] | 2006-04-12 13:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CE |
06COLOMBO612 | CO-CHAIRS DISCUSSION: STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair reps met in Colombo April 17. Problems on both sides led to failure of transport of Tiger leaders on Aug 15, but Tigers bear most blame. There is one last chance to arrange transportation by civilian helicopter, which could allow Geneva to take place April 24-25 as plann [...] | 2006-04-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO613 | CO-CHAIRS DISCUSSION: STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair reps met in Colombo April 17. Problems on both sides led to failure of transport of Tiger leaders on April 15, but Tigers bear most blame. There is one last chance to arrange transportation by civilian helicopter, which could allow Geneva to take place April 24-25 as pla [...] | 2006-04-17 09:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO62 | MALDIVES: ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT AT ODDS OVER [...] (C) Summary. On December 28, Sri Lankan police, apparently acting on a request from Maldivian authorities via Interpol, searched the Colombo office of the pro-opposition Minivan News for evidence that Minivan staff were engaged in seditious activities and/or gun-running. Although the search y [...] | 2006-01-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR MV CE |
06COLOMBO620 | SRI LANKA: CLAYMORE MINES AND MOB VIOLENCE AS LTTE [...] (C) Summary. Violence and communal strife in the north and east continued over the long New Year holiday, killing at least another 40 people April 13-17 in Trincomalee, Jaffna and Vavuniya. An April 12 bomb blast in Trincomalee that appeared to target civilians--the first such incident since [...] | 2006-04-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO630 | SRI LANKA: DEATH OF CHILD SOLDIER IN LTTE ATTACK [...] (U) Summary. The death of an underage Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre in a claymore mine explosion in North Vavuniya on April 13 has prompted an outcry from the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF),which has repeatedly asked the LTTE to free all child soldiers. [...] | 2006-04-19 09:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO634 | SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN FACILITATORS SEE SLIGHT HOPE [...] (C) In an April 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar said they still held out some hope that talks in Geneva between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) might take place A [...] | 2006-04-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO635 | PROPOSED ANTI-CONVERSION LEGISLATION UNLIKELY TO [...] (U) After more than eighteen months in legislative limbo, the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) anti-conversion bill showed faint signs of life when the Speaker of Parliament appointed Wijedasa Rajapakse, the Minister of State for Banks, to head the parliamentary select committee [...] | 2006-04-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO639 | SRI LANKA: CODEL ENZI CALLS ON PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 14 visit to Sri Lanka, Senators Michael Enzi, Lamar Alexander and Johnny Isakson, their spouses, staff and Terrell Halaska, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education, observed US-funded humanitarian demining [...] | 2006-04-20 09:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID OREP CE |
06COLOMBO646 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS "NEGATIVE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met with the Ambassador on April 20 to discuss latest developments on the peace process. Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara and GSL Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona also participated in the meeting. The Foreign Minister said that he had "he [...] | 2006-04-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO650 | NORWEGIANS STILL TRYING TO BROKER DEAL AS APRIL 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE told the Norwegians they cannot attend ceasefire talks in Geneva until transport is arranged for their leaders to attend a Central Committee meeting. Contrary to what the Tigers told the press, the Tigers did not insist on other conditions for talks. Norwegians are still try [...] | 2006-04-21 06:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO654 | SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS: WHAT CAN WE AND OTHERS [...] (C) Escalating violence by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) against both civilian and military targets, along with the Tigers' refusal to attend the second round of talks in Geneva, suggest that the LTTE may have decided that continuing the peace process, at least for now, does not [...] | 2006-04-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO656 | LOCAL G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CE |
06COLOMBO661 | SRI LANKA: CLAYMORES, CYANIDE, AND CIVILIANS: [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued small-scale attacks against military and civilian targets in the north and east April 21-23, killing eleven members of the security forces and six Sinhalese villagers in separate incidents. For the second time in as many weeks, a Sinhal [...] | 2006-04-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO668 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON ASIAN CANDIDATES TO UN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara on April 20. The Ambassador stressed the US commitment to ensuring the effectiveness of the Human Rights Council and the need for the Asia group to support candidates [...] | 2006-04-25 07:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KUNR UNHRC UN CE |
06COLOMBO672 | SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED LTTE SUICIDE BOMBER ATTEMPTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka was injured April 25 in an assassination attempt by a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber at Army Headquarters in Colombo. As many as eight people, many of them members of Fonseka's security detail, may h [...] | 2006-04-25 11:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC CE |
06COLOMBO675 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADOPTION OF ICRC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL ICRC SZ CE |
06COLOMBO676 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND 100 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC CE |
06COLOMBO683 | Jaffna University Students Also Suffering From [...] (SBU) Summary. More than most university students in Sri Lanka, the approximately 5,000 students currently studying at Jaffna University have felt the impact of the ongoing political tensions in missed classes, low funding, and deteriorating academic standards. This formerly prestigious uni [...] | 2006-04-26 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO CE |
06COLOMBO686 | SRI LANKAN MILITARY LAUNCHES "LIMITED" RETALIATORY [...] (C) Following the attempted assassination of Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka in Colombo on April 25, Government security forces launched aerial and artillery strikes on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) territory in the eastern district of Trincomalee late April 25 and the mor [...] | 2006-04-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO696 | SRI LANKA: INITIAL REPORTS OF IDP OUTFLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. April 27 reports by the pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) website TamilNet alleging that as many as 40,000 civilians have fled the Trincomalee District since the Sri Lanka Military carried out aerial bombing raids cannot be confirmed. Trincomalee's Government Agent e [...] | 2006-04-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO697 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT CONFIRMS MILITARY OPERATIONS [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Charge' condemned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) April 25 attempt on the life of the Army Commander and underscored strong US support for Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the confli [...] | 2006-04-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO713 | SRI LANKA: TIGER TRANSPORT STILL ON TABLE AS [...] (C) Low-intensity conflict between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued April 29-May 2, including an April 30 LTTE attack on camps run by the dissident Karuna faction on the Batticaloa-Polonnaruwa border. Despite the violenc [...] | 2006-05-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO72 | Special Media Reaction: Ambassador's January 10 [...] (U) Summary: English and Sinhala media January 11 ran bold front-page headlines and lead stories highlighting Ambassador's January 10 speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in which he noted that peace should be the nation's highest priority, criticized recent LTTE violence and lauded the [...] | 2006-01-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO721 | INDIANS STILL HOPING GENEVA TALKS CAN RESUME UNDER [...] (C) According to a local Indian diplomat, his government remains hopeful, despite the April 25 assassination attempt on Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) can engage the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a second round of talks. To get the talks back [...] | 2006-05-03 12:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IN CE |
06COLOMBO723 | GUNMEN ATTACK TAMIL NEWSPAPER ON EVE OF WORLD PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the evening of May 2 unidentified gunmen entered the offices of the Tamil language newspaper Uthayan in the northern district of Jaffna and opened fire on the employees, killing two and wounding at least three. The Minister of Mass Media and Information condemned the attack [...] | 2006-05-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO731 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR STRESSES NEED TO DEVELOP [...] (C) In separate May 4 meetings with Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara and opposition United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya, the Ambassador emphasized U.S. support for the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the need for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to giv [...] | 2006-05-04 11:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO737 | SRI LANKA HOPING FOR "POSITIVE RESPONSE" ON PSI [...] (C) The Ambassador presented reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on April 4 and raised it in a subsequent meeting with Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara one day later. Palihakkara indicated that his Government was interested and said he hoped to have "a positive res [...] | 2006-05-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP PGOV PREL PHSA CE |
06COLOMBO74 | FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER FOR THE LEASE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-11 11:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO CE MV ECONOMICS |
06COLOMBO757 | AKASHI GETS HARD LINE FROM TIGERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tigers implied to Akashi they will not go to Geneva until Government stops all violence against Tamils. They insisted President Rajapaksa has the power to do so, but Akashi told us that the President has admitted some doubts about his control. END SUMMARY 2. (C) Japanese S [...] | 2006-05-10 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO759 | SRI LANKA: ICRC NOTES DISTURBING TRENDS SINCE [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with poloff, ICRC Deputy Head of Mission Peter Krakolinig and Protection Coordinator Christoph Sutter said that they believed that their access to Government-held detainees is very good. Sutter estimated the number of detainees held under Emergency Regulations to whom [...] | 2006-05-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO763 | Your Efforts to Rationalize Foreign Assistance [...] (SBU) I have read with interest the information we have received regarding your efforts to revamp US foreign assistance processes. In that vein, I believe Sri Lanka deserves a closer look and poses interesting questions for the foreign aid planning community to consider as it moves forward wi [...] | 2006-05-11 06:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON CE |
06COLOMBO771 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) Since the April 7 assassination of a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP-nominee in Trincomalee--and in tandem with stepped-up violence against Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) military targets--the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is increasingly attempting to depict GSL security forces [...] | 2006-05-11 12:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO777 | Sri Lankan Business Community's Post-Tsunami "Back [...] Summary: The "Back to Business" project of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) has helped restart a significant number of tsunami affected businesses and livelihoods. "Back to Business" was a comprehensive, private sector-led program. The Government of [...] | 2006-05-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CE |
06COLOMBO790 | SCA PDAS CAMP PRESSES GSL ON POLITICAL PROPOSALS [...] (C) In separate May 15 meetings with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona, Principal Deputy Assistant SIPDIS Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp SIPDIS emphasized U.S. concern at the escalation [...] | 2006-05-16 07:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO791 | SRI LANKAN TRUCE MONITORS TELL SCA PDAS CAMP THEY [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp and SIPDIS Charge', members of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) said that the Mission plans to resume naval monitoring as soon as possible. In SLMM's view, the May 11 Se [...] | 2006-05-16 07:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER CE |
06COLOMBO792 | SRI LANKA: SCA PDAS CAMP URGES DEFENSE SECRETARY [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp and Charge' underscored U.S. support for the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) but stressed the need for the Government to investigate thoroughl [...] | 2006-05-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER MOPS PREL PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO793 | Central Bank reports 6% GDP Growth Sri Lanka in [...] (U) Summary: According to the Central Bank, Sri Lanka's economy grew by 6% in 2005 compared with 5.4% in 2004. Post- tsunami reconstruction, debt moratoria and foreign grants SIPDIS and loans helped mitigate the adverse effects of the December 2004 tsunami. Main contributors to growth wer [...] | 2006-05-16 09:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CE |
06COLOMBO794 | Sri Lanka Tax mess [...] (U) Summary: The cost of doing business in Sri Lanka is set to rise, due to increased taxation and tax complexity. International trade is also subject to high taxation in the form of increased non-tariff fees and surcharges. However, the impact of higher taxes is not equitable. For companies [...] | 2006-05-16 09:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE |
06COLOMBO805 | DUTCH AMBASSADOR REGISTERS LOCAL EU CONCERN WITH [...] (C) Dutch Ambassador Reynout Van Dijk called on Charge' May 17 in his capacity as the representative of the EU Presidency to complain about SCA PDAS Donald Camp's May 16 statement during a television interview in Colombo that the U.S. encouraged the European Union to list the Liberation Tige [...] | 2006-05-17 10:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CE EU |
06COLOMBO808 | Special Media Reaction: PDAS Camp Visit to [...] (U) The Sri Lankan media splashed SCA PDAS Donald Camp's media interviews prominently on their front pages and as leads on the evening TV news programs. While government-run media highlighted Camp's denunciations of the LTTE, independent papers, in both Tamil and English, played up his comment [...] | 2006-05-17 11:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE |
06COLOMBO809 | MAIN PARTIES TROT OUT THE OLD GUARD FOR COLOMBO [...] (SBU) Local government elections for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and 21 other local government authorities will be held on May 20. Elections in these localities were postponed from March 30 because of assorted court challenges to electoral lists submitted by various parties (Reftel). [...] | 2006-05-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO814 | POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS DUE TO RECENT [...] (SBU) OFDA REGIONAL ADVISOR, WILLIAM BERGER TRAVELED TO SRI LANKA FROM MAY 4 THROUGH MAY 14TH TO ASSESS REPORTED POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS DUE TO RECENT INCREASE IN HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE). FINDINGS OF THE ASSESSMENT [...] | 2006-05-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID CE |
06COLOMBO819 | Electricity strike could delay reforms [...] (U) Summary: Unions affiliated with the Marxist- Nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party have warned of a strike and country-wide blackout on May 23 in protest of government moves to present electricity reforms to Parliament, which they fear would lead to privatization of the state [...] | 2006-05-19 07:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG CE |
06COLOMBO836 | World Health Assembly: Smallpox Demarche [...] (SBU) Econoff and EconFSN met on May 19 with Dr. H.A.P. Kahandaliyanage, Director General of Health, Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition, regarding reftel. Kahandaliyanage appeared to agree with various arguments for retaining the smallpox virus. He promised that he would discuss the issue wi [...] | 2006-05-22 08:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO CE |
06COLOMBO843 | SRI LANKA: NGO OFFICES TARGETED, LTTE EASTERN [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) deputy eastern military commander was one of several fatalities as violence continued in the embattled north and east May 20-21. Unknown perpetrators threw grenades into the offices of three international NGOs in a government-controlled town in [...] | 2006-05-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM EAID CE |
06COLOMBO853 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER VISIT TO TOKYO AND SRI [...] (C) Your visit to Tokyo and Sri Lanka comes during a tense period of increased violence and worrisome prospects for Sri Lanka's fragile ceasefire. Your visit gives us the opportunity to pursue two key goals - increased co-chair support to push the peace process forward, including seeking way [...] | 2006-05-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON MARR OVIP PGOV PREL CE |
06COLOMBO866 | SRI LANKA: FROM INSIDE THE CONFLICT ZONE AND FROM [...] (C) In separate meetings on May 18 and May 23 a Tamil cleric from Jaffna and a Sinhalese Buddhist Cabinet Minister shared with poloff their assessments of the current situation and expectations for the future. Although their many differences in viewpoints, especially with respect to Governme [...] | 2006-05-24 13:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO87 | SRI LANKA: SEVEN POLICE ARRESTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 29, the media reported six police officers were arrested for having links to a drug baron. A seventh officer was arrested on January 3. These arrests appear to be the beginning of a larger-scale effort to clean police corruption, which law enforcement contacts and [...] | 2006-01-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KCRM CE |
06COLOMBO872 | TOKYO CO-CHAIRS PRE-MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: GSL representatives admit that at least some elements of armed forces may be cooperating with irregular armed groups. Government is trying to crack down on this, and is also trying to develop a proposal for a political settlement. EU will likely designate LTTE as terrorist group on May [...] | 2006-05-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO |
06COLOMBO88 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 23-25 [...] (C) Your visit to Sri Lanka comes as small-scale but recurrent aggression by the insurgent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is exerting increasing pressure on a still-new and relatively untested Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) executive. President Mahinda Rajapaksa appears to lack a coh [...] | 2006-01-12 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO89 | Special Media Reaction: Editorial Reaction to [...] (U) Summary: English and Sinhala editorialists January 12 praised Ambassador Lunstead's January 10 speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in which he noted that peace should be the nation's highest priority, criticized recent LTTE violence and lauded the GOSL's restrained response to LTTE [...] | 2006-01-12 11:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO898 | Sri Lanka Tourism Prospects [...] (U) Summary: Despite the deteriorating security situation, tourist arrivals in the first four months of 2006 have increased 25%, according to the Sri Lanka Tourist Board (STB). April arrivals were up 18%. Discussions with tourism sector reps, however, indicate that the Government of Sri La [...] | 2006-05-31 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CE |
06COLOMBO906 | SRI LANKA: ANTI-CONVERSION BILL MIRED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliamentary select committee to discuss the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU)-sponsored bill proposing to outlaw "unethical conversions" began hearing testimony in May (Ref A). According to one member of parliament (MP) serving on the committee, the group i [...] | 2006-05-31 12:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CE |
06COLOMBO91 | BFIF FY06 PROPOSALS [...] US-MALDIVES FRIENDSHIP WEEK: (A) JUSTIFICATION: THE MALDIVES TRADE FAIR HAS SEEN CONSIDERABLE GROWTH OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IN TERMS OF COMPANY PARTICIPATION, COVERAGE, AND SIGNIFICANCE IN THE MALDIVES COMMERCIAL CALENDAR (REF C). IT REMAINS THE PRIMARY MEANS THROUGH WHICH US COMPANIES CA [...] | 2006-01-13 06:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EFIC ETRD CE MV |
06COLOMBO933 | A/S BOUCHER TALKS TOUGH ON TIGERS BUT PRESSES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following his participation in the May 30 meeting of the Sri Lankan Donor Co-Chairs (US, EU, Norway, and Japan) in Tokyo, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher underscored the messages from the Tokyo Co-Chairs statement during a May 31 trip to Co [...] | 2006-06-05 07:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO940 | U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN; DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche requested ref (A) to Foreign Secretary Palihakkara June 5. Palihakkara said that he had not read the NAM document, and presumed that as usual this "112-member monster" had produced a lowest common denominator document. Ambassador said that did not seem to be t [...] | 2006-06-05 11:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR CE |
06COLOMBO941 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS THREATEN WITHDRAWAL AFTER [...] (C) On June 1, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed to go to Oslo for June 8-9 talks with a Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation led by Peace Secretariat Secretary General Palitha Kohona to discuss the role of the Scandanavian-led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) despite e [...] | 2006-06-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO946 | HCOC: SRI LANKA HAS "NOT HAD TIME" TO CONSIDER AS [...] (SBU) On April 25, poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director of UN and Multi-lateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a June 6 phone conversation, Ekanayake explained that his government "had not had time" to consider the Hague Code Of Conduct (HC [...] | 2006-06-06 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CE |
06COLOMBO947 | SRI LANKA WILL ATTEND RED CROSS-RED CRESCENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sumedha Ekanayake June 5. Ekanayake said Sri Lanka will send a delegation to the Red Cross- Red Crescent scheduled for June 20-21 in Geneva, and his government supports [...] | 2006-06-06 10:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC CE |
06COLOMBO958 | EAC MEETING 7 JUNE 2006 [...] (SBU) Colombo EAC met June 7 to discuss the June 6 early morning claymore mine attack along the main road from Colombo to the airport north of town. The latest information indicates the explosion occurred near the entrance to a Navy base (which processes new recruits) about five hundred meter [...] | 2006-06-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CE PTER |
06COLOMBO966 | DEMARCHE ON ADDRESSING IRAN ISSUE AT JUNE 12-16 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO970 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR STRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS AS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO971 | SRI LANKA CLOSE TO ENDORSING PSI [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Palihakkara told Ambassador June 8 that the MFA had "made some headway" on obtaining GSL consensus on participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Palihakkara said that he had sent a letter to the Ministry of Defence and to the President's office stating [...] | 2006-06-08 11:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL CE |
06COLOMBO976 | SRI LANKA: POPULATION MOVEMENTS IN CONFLICT AREAS [...] (C) The unsteady security environment since April 2006, including ethnic communal incidents and military action, has led to displacement among Sinhalese, Muslim, and Tamil communities in the North and East of Sri Lanka. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) currently estima [...] | 2006-06-09 06:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO989 | SRI LANKA: ASSESSING UNOHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] (U) Summary: Poloff met with United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) Sri Lanka representative Rory Mungoven on June 9 to discuss the successes and constraints of the program and how the U.S. could buttress OHCHR's mandate in Sri Lanka. Mungoven noted moderately [...] | 2006-06-12 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO990 | SRI LANKA: LTTE REFUSES TO MEET GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) surprised most observers by derailing diplomatic efforts to salvage the peace process, refusing to hold talks on the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission June 8-9 in Oslo. Moreover, in the wake of the EU listing of the Tigers, the LTTE has said [...] | 2006-06-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL CE |
06COLOMBO996 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Ambassador reminded Foreign Secretary Palihakkara June 13 that the US would like the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to attend the June 23 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) High-Level Political Meeting (HLPM) in Poland. Palihakkara stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had recomm [...] | 2006-06-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL KACT CE |
06COLOMBO997 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO998 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES OSLO, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palihakkara and Peace Secretariat Chief and head of the Oslo delegation Kohona on June 13 in the wake of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) refusal to enter talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in Oslo on June 8-9 on t [...] | 2006-06-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06DUBLIN500 | IRELAND SUPPORTS LTTE DESIGNATION, BUT DOUBTFUL ON [...] (C) On May 4 emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Asia and Oceania Deputy Director James McIntyre and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs section First Secretary Maurice Biggar. McIntyre said that Ireland shares SIPDIS USG concern over the deteriorating situation in Sr [...] | 2006-05-05 11:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL CE EI |
06GENEVA2347 | ILC - SRI LANKA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR DR. A. ROHAN [...] U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka requesting USG support for the candidacy of Dr. A. Rohan Perera for election to the International Law Commission at elections to be held in New York during the 61st sessio [...] | 2006-09-22 11:44:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA UNSC ID CE XD XO |
06HELSINKI783 | GOF PESSIMISTIC ON SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Echoing reftel concerns about the escalating violence in Sri Lanka, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director Rauli Suikkanen, desk officer Marita Meranto, and EU secretariat first secretary Niklas Lindqvist told Emboff Helsinki is currently coordinating an EU demarche to be delivered this week [...] | 2006-08-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE EUN FI |
06HELSINKI816 | FINLAND: PRESIDENCY UPPING SRI LANKA INVOLVEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 13:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE EUN FI |
06HELSINKI885 | FINLAND AND SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) MFA Sri Lanka desk officer Marita Meranto assured emboff on September 4 that Finland would attend the Sri Lanka Contact Group's experts meeting in Washington on September 27. She said that because of the press of business arising from Finland's EU presidency, Finland's representative woul [...] | 2006-09-04 09:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE FI |
06JAKARTA11142 | EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...] | 2006-09-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID |
06JAKARTA11143 | EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...] | 2006-09-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID |
06JAKARTA8507 | DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUPS [...] (C) Summary. On July 6, officials at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) expressed interest in our proposal for creation of two new contact groups on the Sri Lankan conflict, and will let us know in the coming weeks about possible Indonesian participation. They said that the S [...] | 2006-07-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF PGOV CE ID |
06KUALALUMPUR1092 | SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS: MALAYSIAN RESPONSE ON [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us June 14 that the governments of Sri Lanka and India had recently made approaches to the MFA to discuss cooperation in cutting off the Tigers from their funding and weapons sources. During the May [...] | 2006-06-14 07:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1227 | SRI LANKA: MALAYSIA CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us July 3 that Malaysia was still considering whether to join contact groups on Tiger financing and weapons procurement. Nik Mustafa frankly admitted that the decision would be politically difficult [...] | 2006-07-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY |
06KUWAIT262 | FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY INITIATES KUWAIT [...] Post organized and hosted on January 24th a meeting of labor officials from source countries for expatriate labor in Kuwait to engage on how to better work together to improve the status of Kuwait's large expatriate labor force. Representatives from the embassies of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Paki [...] | 2006-01-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB CE BG ID RP PK IN KU |
06LISBON1656 | SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 15:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CE PO |
06LONDON5057 | (C) SRI LANKA: UK REVIEWING POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO Sri Lanka Section Head Simon Lever told Poloff July 11 that HMG is reviewing its policy on Sri Lanka. This policy review is what is holding up its reply to the USG proposal that the UK consider chairing a contact group to a [...] | 2006-07-12 07:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR CE UK |
06LONDON6559 | (C) SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING 9/27 [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The UK still supports the Sri Lanka Contact Group in principle but would like more detail about it - i.e., what are the expected inputs and the anticipated outputs/results? FCO Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Section Head Simon Lever told Polof [...] | 2006-09-11 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE UK |
06MANILA4150 | REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...] | 2006-10-01 23:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP |
06MANILA4151 | REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...] | 2006-10-01 23:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP |
06NEWDELHI27 | GOI DECLINES A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Summary: Mahinda Rajapakse's December 27-30 trip to India stimulated the public debate about the Sri Lankan President's call for a more active Indian role in the peace process, but did not yield any major new Indian initiatives. The GOI told President Rajapakse, who encouraged greater Indian i [...] | 2006-01-04 04:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN |
06NEWDELHI4100 | MEA POSITIVE ON ANTI-LTTE CONTACT GROUPS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN CE |
06NEWDELHI5738 | SRI LANKA: NEW DELHI STILL BELIEVES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Despite assessing the current situation in Sri Lanka as a stalemate, India has no plans to change its policy of pushing for a political solution. New Delhi continues to tell the SLA that it should not see war as an option. Public opinion and refugee inflows into Tamil Nadu are seen as [...] | 2006-08-18 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CE IN |
06NEWDELHI5801 | SRI LANKANS SEEK MORE INDIAN INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner A. Sabarulla Khan delivered an Aide Memoire to Acting PolCouns August 21, using the occasion to mention that the same note had been recently delivered to the GOI and that MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar received it positively and endorsed the notion of formin [...] | 2006-08-21 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS CE IN |
06NEWDELHI583 | GOI PROMISES MILITARY SUPPORT TO SRI LANKA AND [...] (C) Summary: During U/S Burns' January 21 consultations on regional issues, the GOI relayed its concerns over the increasingly possible return to war in Sri Lanka and the conflict between the need for Iranian gas and the looming crisis over Tehran's nuclear program. Indian Foreign Secretary [...] | 2006-01-27 08:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS ENRG EPET IR CE IN |
06NEWDELHI6520 | INDIA, US "CONVERGE" ON SRI LANKA, LESS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a September 18 courtesy call, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar told PolCouns: -- India and the U.S. have a "broad convergence" of interests on Sri Lanka; -- India continues to tell the GSL that there can be no military solution to the conflict, [...] | 2006-09-19 10:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM CE BG IN |
06NEWDELHI7095 | INDIA'S SRI LANKA POLICY DESCRIBED AS DECISIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 27 September roundtable discussion on India-Sri Lanka relations, the consensus among prominent journalists and think-tankers was that the GOI should pursue a Track II dialogue with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in three phases: achieve a sustainable cease-fire agreement [...] | 2006-10-16 01:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN CE |
06NEWDELHI7305 | INDIA'S TAMIL-BASED PARTIES RELUCTANT TO EXPEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing lingering ill feelings over the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, the embarrassment caused by the hasty withdrawal of Indian peacekeeping force deployed to Sri Lanka from 1987-1990, and the unpredictability of the LTTE,leaders of Tamil Na [...] | 2006-10-23 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF IN CE |
06NEWDELHI7466 | GOI ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING SRI LANKA, MINOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's newly appointed Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee stated on October 30 that it is in India's interest to work with Bangladesh to curb terrorism. While monitoring Bangladesh's deteriorating security situation, Mukherjee noted the current political crisis is an "internal ma [...] | 2006-10-31 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN CE |
06NEWDELHI8129 | INDIA'S MEA PROVIDES READOUT OF SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs' Joint Secretary responsible for Sri Lanka, Mr. Mohan Kumar, SIPDIS provided Polcouns with a readout of Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee's meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Kumar said that Mukherjee hammered home [...] | 2006-12-04 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KTIA MOPS IN CE |
06OSLO1352 | NORWAY ASSESSES THE GENEVA SRI LANKA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway attributes the recent Geneva talks stalemate to the evolving negotiating position of both the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the LTTE, divisions within the GSL negotiating team and the LTTE's decision to raise the A-9 road as a major issue. The Norwegians note the LTTE [...] | 2006-11-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE NO |
06OSLO1359 | ENGAGING NORWAY ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the DCM and Pol/Econ officers met with Tore Hattrem, Director General of the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section and other members of his team. The meeting began and intensified a dialogue on Norwegian peace efforts in several global hot spots: Sri Lanka, P [...] | 2006-11-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID CE SU CO HA RP SO NO |
06OSLO1384 | CO-CHAIRS INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 11:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL CE NO |
06OSLO18 | NORWAY HOPES TO JUMPSTART SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway's Minister of International Development Erik Solheim will travel to Colombo January 23-26 in an effort to jumpstart peace talks between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Solheim and his team are quite concerned that the situation in Sri Lanka [...] | 2006-01-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE NO |
06OSLO467 | "GRIM" PROSPECTS FOR SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-11 16:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE NO |
06OSLO551 | SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs ( Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S. ) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affa [...] | 2006-05-03 09:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO |
06OSLO553 | A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN DFM JOHANSEN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE |
06OSLO613 | SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S.) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affair [...] | 2006-05-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO |
06OSLO72 | AMBASSADOR´S CALL ON DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador made his introductory call on International Development Minister Erik Solheim January 19 and discussed Solheims upcoming trip to Sri Lanka, the state of play in Sudan, and the Ministers development priorities. Solheim stressed that he is eager to cooperate with the Unite [...] | 2006-01-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CE SU NO |
06OSLO759 | SRI LANKA TALKS DISINTEGRATE IN OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE NO |
06OSLO807 | NORWEGIANS TIP OFF RESPONSES TO SRI LANKA LETTERS [...] (C) Summary. On June 20 we spoke with Tomas Stangeland, Adviser on Sri Lanka matters in the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section. As noted in reftel, the Norwegian government submitted letters to both the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on Ju [...] | 2006-06-20 14:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO |
06OSLO820 | NORWEGIANS RECEIVE ANSWERS FROM SRI LANKA, TIGERS [...] (U) On June 22, the Norwegian government issued a press release on Minster of International Development Eric Solheim's June 8 letters to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL). (Post will fax a copy of the press release to the SCA/INS). The press re [...] | 2006-06-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO |
06OSLO958 | OSLO MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HANSSEN-BAUER [...] (C) On August 2, 2006 we met with Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Special Envoy to Sri Lanka at the MFA and Sri Lanka Desk Officer Sondre Bjotveit. Noting Norwegian Development Minister Eric Solheim's public appeal earlier today for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (G [...] | 2006-08-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO |
06OSLO980 | SUPPORTING SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE-DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CE NO |
06OTTAWA1029 | CANADA OUTLAWS LTTE/TAMIL TIGERS [...] (C) Summary: Canada's Conservative-minority government domestically designated the LTTE/Tamil Tigers under Canada's Criminal Code on April 10, 2006. As a result of this listing, participating in Tiger activities (including fundraising) is a criminal offense and financial institutions must [...] | 2006-04-10 21:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CE |
06PARIS4955 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN [...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...] | 2006-07-20 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR |
06PARIS6340 | FRANCE SETS CONDITION ON PARTICIPATION IN SRI [...] (C) Summary: The GoF will send a three-person interagency delegation to the Sri Lanka contact group meeting on September 27. The MFA is asking that all discussions in the contact group remain strictly confidential, that the Sri Lankan government receive only the most general briefing on the g [...] | 2006-09-21 14:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE |
06PRAGUE531 | CZECHS: EU SHOULD DESIGNATE TAMIL TIGERS AS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 12:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL CE EZ |
06REYKJAVIK294 | ICELAND: PEACEKEEPERS STICKING IT OUT IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Iceland will probably maintain or even expand its peace monitoring mission in Sri Lanka following the withdrawal of EU peacekeepers, despite renewed media questioning of the appropriateness of Icelandic participation in peacekeeping in combat zones. T [...] | 2006-08-14 18:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO CE IC |
06STATE134206 | Allegations of LTTE Chemical Weapons Capability [...] (U) Background. A. (S) Ref reported on a document the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister passed to the U.S. Charge reporting that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had made an attempt (in 2002) to procure "Red Mercury," a chemical claimed to be used to manufacture weapons of mass destruc [...] | 2006-08-15 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER MCAP PARM CW KNNP CE |
06TALLINN480 | ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON EU TAMIL TIGERS DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-19 09:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE EN |
06TALLINN709 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS EU EFFORTS FOR A CEASEFIRE IN SRI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CE EN |
06TOKYO2915 | JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...] | 2006-05-25 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE JA |
06TOKYO2987 | CO-CHAIRS APPEAL TO SRI LANKA TO PULL BACK FROM [...] (C) Summary: U.S., Japanese, Norwegian and EU participants at the 30 May 2006 Tokyo Co-Chairs meeting concluded a joint statement presenting a strong Co-Chairs position on the failing Sri Lankan peace process. Participants agreed to cite Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) failure to prevent attacks by a [...] | 2006-05-31 09:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO JA |
06TOKYO2990 | SCA A/S BOUCHER'S MAY 30 MEETING WITH MOFA ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 meeting with visiting SCA A/S Boucher, MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau DG Sasae stated: -- Japan is committed to nation building in Sri Lanka; -- MOFA is carefully explaining to the public and the Diet Japan's interests in supporting the India nuclear initiative; -- [...] | 2006-05-31 09:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM IN AF NP CE IR JA |
06TOKYO3224 | JAPAN MULLING RESPONSE TO SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 06:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE JA |
06TOKYO3618 | JAPAN TO PARTICIPATE IN SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUPS, [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Following ref a instructions, on June 29 Embassy Tokyo Political Officer contacted MOFA Southwest Asia Division Director Shinsuke Shimizu to elicit a more substantive Japanese response regarding the two new contact groups than that [...] | 2006-06-29 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE JA |
06TOKYO4443 | JAPAN: SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is disappointed by the lack of progress toward peace in Sri Lanka and is reconsidering its approach to dealing with the LTTE, according to MOFA's Sri Lanka country officer. Tokyo is thinking of taking "tangible measures," likely declaring the LTTE to be a terrorist organ [...] | 2006-08-08 03:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE JA |
06TOKYO4755 | THE DCM'S AUGUST 18 COURTESY CALL WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a call on August 18 with newly appointed Counterterrorism Ambassador Suda, the DCM shared that DoS and DHS have agreed to return to the March draft of the Note Verbale as the basis for further negotiations on the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP). Since a few points in [...] | 2006-08-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CE JA |
06TOKYO4915 | JAPAN WILL ATTEND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan supports the proposed Sri Lanka Contact Group and will attend the September 27 meeting. Tokyo wishes to know whether other positive responses have been made to this proposal, whether the September 27 meeting will be the first formal meeting of the Group or whether it will [...] | 2006-08-28 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM PTER MARR CE JA |
06TOKYO5824 | MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES THAILAND, BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Chihiro Atsumi told Charge October 6 that: -- Japan is not happy with the recent coup in Thailand and is concerned about the signals it sends to other states in the region, particularly Burma, but at the same time [...] | 2006-10-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETRD PINR TH BM IN CE JA |
06TOKYO6487 | JAPAN TO ATTEND SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 05:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC CE JA |
06USUNNEWYORK759 | SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...] | 2006-04-11 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN CE |
06VIENNA2371 | SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA: AUSTRIAN [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points on August 7 to Michael Kainz on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's Asia Desk. We will report any substantive reply as soon as it becomes available. Kilner [...] | 2006-08-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CE AU |
07BEIJING1267 | FEBRUARY 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KIM KYE-GWAN TO [...] Key points made at the February 27 MFA press conference were: -- Kim Kye-gwan has no plans for meetings with Chinese officials en route to the United States and China hopes that the United States and the DPRK can realize full diplomatic relations. -- Qin called China's military buildup na [...] | 2007-02-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH NK JP CE BM |
07BEIJING2096 | MARCH 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the March 29 MFA press conference were: -- China has always viewed the Six-Party Talks "rationally" with neither pessimism nor optimism. -- The "so-called" stealing of United States military secrets was groundless and had ulterior motives. -- It is unfair for the Unite [...] | 2007-03-29 10:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC XV CH KN KS JA RS CE PP SU NUIN |
07BRUSSELS1462 | A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH THE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 17, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. South Asia delegation to the COASI (the EU's Asia-Oceania Working Party) Troika on South Asia, discussing Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.S.-EU-India relations, and the situati [...] | 2007-05-02 12:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN AF PK IN CE NP BG |
07CHENNAI143 | TAMIL TIGERS' ARMS SMUGGLING ON THE UPSWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Smuggling of arms and bomb-making materials by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam between the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka appears to be on the rise. Indian authorities seized three vessels last week carrying arms and bomb-making material. Most troublingly, one [...] | 2007-02-22 11:43:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PTER IN CE |
07CHENNAI198 | LTTE SMUGGLING AND ONGOING FISHERIES DISPUTE RAISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent upswing in smuggling by Tamil Tigers has combined with an ongoing fisheries dispute to mobilize anti-Sri Lanka sentiment in Tamil Nadu. Possibly in an effort to tamp down on smuggling by the Tigers, the Sri Lankan Navy has allegedly fired on Indian fishing vessels re [...] | 2007-03-15 11:24:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIS IN CE |
07CHENNAI280 | SRI LANKA CONFLICT: SPILLOVER INTO INDIA CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the intensifying conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan forces continue to spillover into India's southern state of Tamil Nadu. The death of five Indian Tamil fishermen on March 29, gunned down by unknown assailants, has raised [...] | 2007-04-13 11:34:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIS MOPS IN CE |
07CHENNAI318 | TAMIL NADU SAYS LTTE TO BLAME FOR KILLING AND ABDUCTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Through a surprise announcement that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (not the Sri Lankan Navy) shot five Tamil Nadu fishermen dead on March 29 (reftel),Tamil Nadu has embarrassed and silenced Tamil Tiger supporters in the state. The Tamil Nadu government also alleged that [...] | 2007-05-02 07:34:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIS IN CE |
07CHENNAI50 | PDAS Mann in Chennai: Visas, Refugees and Politics [...] (SBU) Summary: During his December 16-17 visit to Chennai, SCA bureau Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann met with visa staff and viewed visa processing, had talks with Sri Lankan refugee leaders and discussed politics and Indo-U.S. relations with journalist-insider Malini Parthasa [...] | 2007-01-19 10:28:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CMGT IN CE |
07CHENNAI84 | US DUMPING DUTIES FORCE INDIAN SHRIMP EXPORTERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Elias Sait, Secretary General of the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI),contends that the imposition of U.S. anti-dumping duties on Indian shrimp and subsequent U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bond requirements have reduced the number of seafood exporters to [...] | 2007-02-01 10:58:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV EFIS EIND SENV IN CE BR EC |
07CHENNAI86 | TAMIL NADU POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED LTTE SMUGGLERS, STEP UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seizing thousands of kilos of iron ball bearings from suspected smugglers, Tamil Nadu (TN) police appear to have busted an emerging LTTE supply line. TN police believe the ball bearings were meant to be used in LTTE's explosive devices to enhance their lethality. The seizures l [...] | 2007-02-02 08:24:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IN CE |
07COLOMBO100 | SRI LANKA: INTERNATIONAL NGOS FACE CLIMATE OF [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the government appear to be orchestrating a campaign against international NGOs, particularly those working in LTTE-controlled areas. On January 11, a mob led by the nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party stormed the Colombo office of the Dutch NGO ZOA Refugee [...] | 2007-01-17 12:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1002 | SRI LANKA: CHARGE PRESSES MINISTER OF POWER AND ENERGY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met Power and Energy Minister Seneviratne to continue pressing for the Ceylon Electricity Board to deliver contractually-required letters of credit to U.S. independent power producer AES. The minister said that he hoped to resolve the issue by getting the cabinet to offic [...] | 2007-07-17 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG PREL CE |
07COLOMBO1003 | EASTERN PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED [...] (U) On July 16, unidentified gunmen shot and killed Chief Secretary of the Eastern Provincial Council H.M. Herath Abeyweera in his office in Trincomalee. The gunmen fired several rounds at point blank range before fleeing the scene. It is unclear how the assailants were able to enter Abeyw [...] | 2007-07-17 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1016 | COLOMBO CELEBRATION MARKS VICTORY IN THE EAST [...] (C) Summary. On July 19 the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) held a ceremony in Colombo's Independence Square to celebrate the military victory in the East. The U.S., United Kingdom, and India sent their Defense Attaches to observe, while many countries opted not to attend at all. The Preside [...] | 2007-07-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1017 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RELEASE ACSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties are trying to make political hay out of the GSL's execution of an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the USG. At the time it was signed on March 5, 2007, by Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Ambassador Blake, Embassy issued a short [...] | 2007-07-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1020 | MAIN OPPOSITION AND RULING PARTY SPLINTER GROUP [...] (C) Summary. On July 19, the leading opposition United National Party and the recently-formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party/Mahajana (SLFP/M) wing (ref) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The agreement stipulates that the two groups will jointly contest future elections. It outlines th [...] | 2007-07-20 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1023 | SRI LANKA: POLICE FORCES KILL TAMIL TIGER LEADER [...] (SBU) Elite Sri Lankan police officers known as Special Task Forces (STF) killed six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres on Saturday, July 21, including the Ampara area leader known as Ravindran, recovering a cache of weapons and ammunition. The STF reported that its raid was in [...] | 2007-07-23 13:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1029 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MODERATES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The representative of the President's party on the committee to develop a consensus devolution proposal told Charge on June 23 he was confident President Rajapaksa would accept the consensus on power-sharing with the regions and the country's minorities. Foreign Minister Bogollag [...] | 2007-07-24 23:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO103 | BFIF FY07 PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EFIC ETRD CE MV |
07COLOMBO1036 | SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS DETERIORATING IN JAFFNA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conditions in the military-controlled portion of the Jaffna peninsula are deteriorating, with eight extra-judicial killings in just three days and 21 dead in the past two weeks. Among the dead is a Tamil employee of the Danish Refugee Council, who was shot twice in the face at [...] | 2007-07-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1045 | SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS FOR "UP-COUNTRY" TAMILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are approximately 1.5 million Tamils, mostly of Indian origin and often referred to as "Up-Country" Tamils, working on tea, rubber and coconut plantations in Sri Lanka. Plantation exports account for more than 50 percent of Sri Lanka's gross domestic product, but the Govern [...] | 2007-07-27 07:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1046 | SRI LANKA: 1206 FUNDING JUSTIFICATION FOR FY2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy supports the allocation of fiscal year 2008 funds under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 for installation of a high frequency surface wave (HFSW) radar near Arugam Bay (Okanda) on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka. The total estimated cost of this p [...] | 2007-07-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MOPS MARR PTER CE |
07COLOMBO1048 | OPPOSITION RALLY DRAWS SIGNIFICANT CROWD AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the newly formed United National Party/Sri Lanka Freedom Party-Mahajana Wing alliance, now called the National Congress, held its first public rally at Colombo's Hyde Park with the theme "Country is ruined. Come forward." Rumors that the Government would try to preve [...] | 2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1050 | SRI LANKA: EMBASSY HELPS GLOBAL ENERGY REVIVE ITS OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy continues advocacy for U.S. firm Global Energy and Industrial Operations, Inc., which seeks to build and operate an $800 million oil refinery near Colombo. The project has been stalled since 2004, when Global Energy thought it had a deal upon signing a memorandum of und [...] | 2007-07-30 06:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG PREL CE |
07COLOMBO1054 | SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CASE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court on July 27 allowed a case filed by the Sinhalese nationalist parties against the constitutionality of the CFA to proceed. The Court of Appeals had previously dismissed the suit. The line of questioning by Chief Justice Silva may give an indication that he inte [...] | 2007-07-30 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1055 | SRI LANKA: LITTLE PROGRESS ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (C) On July 26, Acting DCM and Econ Chief called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sarala Fernando to follow up on earlier demarches (refs E and F) urging Sri Lanka to comply with UNSCR 1747. EmbOffs specifically emphasized the requirement to [...] | 2007-07-31 06:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL ETTC EFIN IR CE |
07COLOMBO1056 | SRI LANKA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS ECONOMY IS BETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent presentation trumpeting the health of the Sri Lankan economy, Central Bank governor Cabraal told heads of missions and donor agencies that return to civil war was not ruining growth or busting the government's budget. The governor predicted that GDP growth would exc [...] | 2007-07-31 08:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV CE |
07COLOMBO1057 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STILL WORKING ON PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Sri Lanka announced soon after consolidating military control over the East (ref A) that it would ask donors to fund development of the area. The president has designated his brother Basil as the point man for the Eastern development push. Basil told UN offic [...] | 2007-07-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EINV PGOV PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO1058 | SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ADOPTING CONVENTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 10:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CE |
07COLOMBO1067 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON AMERICAN RED CROSS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 10:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CE |
07COLOMBO1071 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SOUTHERN POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa is losing support among his political base in southern coastal towns to former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, whose recent alliance with the United National Party (UNP) has re-energized the opposition. In an effort to sway public opinion in his favor, [...] | 2007-08-01 11:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1077 | SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On July 26, A/DCM called on Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sarala Fernando to request a list of high-level officials planning to attend the 62nd UN General Assembly (UNGA). Fernando replied that President Mahinda Rajapaksa and [...] | 2007-08-02 08:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CE MV |
07COLOMBO1078 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE ENDS CONTACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-time Embassy interlocutors in Jaffna, including those who met with Assistant Secretary Boucher in May 2007, report that they continue to feel pressure from the government, particularly the Jaffna military commander. Contacts have told us that in addition to the GSL curtailin [...] | 2007-08-03 06:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1079 | SRI LANKA: DEFECTIONS REDUCE PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 2, the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) Party leader, Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio-Economic Development Arumugan Thondaman, and four out of five CWC Members of Parliament announced they would no longer vote with the President's coalition. The one CWC parliam [...] | 2007-08-03 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO109 | SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL ON TRACK, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tissa Vitharana, Chair of the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC),has culled common elements from several devolution proposals and offered a compromise document for discussion within the committee. In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Vitharana explained that he ba [...] | 2007-01-19 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1093 | SRI LANKA: EAST DEVELOPMENT -- TRINCOMALEE NOT READY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trincomalee, the eastern seaboard town boasting one of Asia's finest natural harbors, is underdeveloped and depressed as a result of over two decades of civil war in Sri Lanka. The government wants to translate its recent reassertion of control over the east into development, mu [...] | 2007-08-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV PTER CE |
07COLOMBO1103 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT APPEARS READY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chair of the committee to work out a consensus devolution proposal reported that the President and all parties represented in the current government had agreed to support a compromise. This foresees the province, rather than the district, as the unit of devolution. This con [...] | 2007-08-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1106 | SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN ACCESS COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, currently visiting Sri Lanka, attended the 11th Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance (CCHA) meeting chaired by Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe on August 7. Charg [...] | 2007-08-10 05:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CE |
07COLOMBO1113 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES PLAN FOR [...] (C) Defense Secretary (and brother of the President) Gothabaya Rajapaksa told Charge and Pol Chief on August 9 of his plans to stabilize the security environment in Sri Lanka's East, where government forces recently routed the remaining regular Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) forces. [...] | 2007-08-13 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1114 | SRI LANKA: USAID LAUNCHES NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: The final version of the USAID-sponsored National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP),which outlines key steps the Government and private sector can take to address corruption, was presented at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on July 28 as part of the [...] | 2007-08-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ECON CE |
07COLOMBO112 | SRI LANKA: 1206 BOAT TRAINING TO SUPPORT [...] (U) Post supports PACOM's approval of $1.4 million to conduct boat training with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) through 1206 FY07 funding. This initiative provides training and equipment necessary for the SLN to effectively conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations off the coast of [...] | 2007-01-19 09:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO1123 | SRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER LASHES OUT AT UN UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes visited Sri Lanka from August 6-9, the first high-level UN visit to Sri Lanka in almost a year. Holmes met with senior Government officials, attended the first year anniversary of the killing of 17 Action Against Hun [...] | 2007-08-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1127 | SRI LANKA: COMPROMISE ON DEVOLUTION SHOWS SIGNS OF [...] SUMMARY: The deal the President put together on devolution (reftel) has come under fire from Sinhalese hardliners, delaying its approval for at least several days, perhaps much longer. The radical Sinhalese Buddhist monk-based party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) objected to the compromise, insi [...] | 2007-08-15 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO113 | GOVERNMENT AGREES TO TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE IN [...] (SBU) At the fourth Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Affairs chaired by Minister for Human Rights and Disaster Management Samarasinghe and Defense Secretary Rajapaksa on January 19, Samarasinghe briefed selected donors, UN agency representatives, Ambassador and AID Mission Director o [...] | 2007-01-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO1134 | SRI LANKA: COLOMBO PORT STRUGGLING TO KEEP ITS DOMINANCE IN [...] SUMMARY: Due to congestion, low productivity, increasing freight rates, and security concerns caused by the conflict, global shipping lines have begun bypassing Sri Lanka in favor of India's emerging ports. In the last six months, shipping costs from Colombo have nearly doubled to $600 per T [...] | 2007-08-16 11:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT CE |
07COLOMBO115 | SRI LANKA: MUSLIM PARTY LEADER ACCUSES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakim complained to Ambassador on January 19 that the President's brother and senior political advisor Basil Rajapaksa had employed strong-arm tactics to induce members of his party to join the government. Hakim said, however, that he was s [...] | 2007-01-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO1165 | SRI LANKA: TRINCOMALEE TAMILS WARY OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM met with local government officials, civil society leaders, and community members in the eastern city of Trincomalee on August 10-12th to discuss the security and humanitarian situation in the area and promote policies that will foster peace and economic development. The Gov [...] | 2007-08-24 08:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PREL KMCA CE |
07COLOMBO1168 | SRI LANKA: NATIONALISTS THREATEN TO END SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vikmuthi Peramuna (JVP) has threatened to withdraw its support from outside for the government if the All-Party Representative Committee consensus in favor of meaningful devolution to the provinces is allowed to stand. The JVP insists on retainin [...] | 2007-08-27 09:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1170 | FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS DEVOLUTION [...] Summary: In an August 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Bogollagama and Ambassador reviewed human rights, the status of the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) deliberations, and a request by the Foreign Minister to meet the Secretary anytime between October 4 and 8 in Washington. The Amb [...] | 2007-08-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA CE |
07COLOMBO1171 | SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS REASSURED AFTER MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) held its third plenary meeting with the Commission of Inquiry (COI) August 17 - 20. The positive tone of the meeting reassured even skeptics within the IIGEP. U.S. Eminent Person Gene Dewey noted that the possibilit [...] | 2007-08-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1182 | SRI LANKA PROMISES RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1737 AND 1747 [...] (S) Ambassador on August 24 sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama outlining US concerns about Sri Lanka's lack of compliance with UN Security Council Resolutions 1737 and 1747. Ambassador noted in the letter that Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon maintains a correspondent [...] | 2007-08-29 12:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1187 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE CORRESPONDENT FEARS RETALIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Defense Correspondent Iqbal Athas is preparing to temporarily leave Sri Lanka with his family following a barrage of threats and intimidation apparently orchestrated by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL). On August 12, he wrote an article for the Sunday Times about the Ukraini [...] | 2007-08-30 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1188 | SRI LANKA OPEN TO ENGAGEMENT ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and Poloff called on Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on August 23 to deliver ref A talking points and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan. DCM noted that the primary reason for watchlisting Sri Lanka was insufficient evidence of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts t [...] | 2007-08-30 12:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1196 | SRI LANKA - DCHA/FFP MONITORING REPORT ON WORLD FOOD [...] (U) Summary: From July 7 - 13, 2007, USAID/DCHA Food for Peace Asia Team Leader (FFP/TL) Matthew Nims and USAID/DCHA Food for Peace Officer Katey Schein (FFP/O) visited Sri Lanka to monitor the WFP Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) which receives U.S. Title II Emergency Assistanc [...] | 2007-08-31 06:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE PINS |
07COLOMBO12 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ERIC B. KING, [...] Post grants country clearance to Eric B. King, Country Manager, OFO, Washington D.C. The purpose of his visit is to conduct an initial visit as the country manager with the CSI Team in Colombo, Sri Lanka from January 7-14, 2007. Embassy control officer is Mr. Richard Merrin, Commercial Attach [...] | 2007-01-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EWWT OTRA CE |
07COLOMBO1207 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN MANNAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) began a military offensive on August 27 to clear Silavaturai and neighboring villages in southwestern Mannar district of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres. About four thousand civilians are reportedly displaced by the fighting. UN interlo [...] | 2007-09-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1218 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT REVIVES SOVEREIGN BOND ISSUE PLANS; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka plans to issue the country's first international sovereign bond, in hopes of raising $500 million to fund infrastructure projects. However, the main opposition United National Party has announced that a future UNP government would not honor the bonds [...] | 2007-09-05 12:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN KMCA CE |
07COLOMBO1225 | HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA: SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The period April-June 2007 showed a decline relative to the beginning of the year in Colombo and some other parts of Sri Lanka in certain categories of human rights abuses, such as abductions. However, the overall level of human rights violations compared to 2002-2005 remains e [...] | 2007-09-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1232 | SRI LANKAN PROGRESS ON ISSUES OF CONCERN TO U.S. - [...] (C) As Washington prepares for a busy fall, post thought it would be useful to provide a brief snapshot of where we stand on the key issues in our agenda with Sri Lanka; the outlook for the fall; and what specific steps the U.S. can take to advance our interests here. A number of factors have [...] | 2007-09-07 11:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO1233 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT TAKES CREDIT FOR INCREASED FLOW OF [...] Summary: Two weeks after returning from a visit to the northern Jaffna Peninsula, the Commissioner General of Essential Services (CGES) on August 30 briefed the diplomatic community and United Nations agency heads in Colombo on steps the Government of Sri Lanka has taken to maintain a steady [...] | 2007-09-10 02:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE |
07COLOMBO1252 | SRI LANKA: SUCCESS IN GARMENT IPR CASES; LESS PROGRESS IN [...] Summary: US apparel brands have found some level of success in combating piracy in Sri Lankan courts. In August 2007, the Colombo Commercial High Court issued an order in settlement in favor of Polo/Lauren, LLP, the largest IPR enforcement case in the apparel sector to date. Other companies [...] | 2007-09-12 02:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR EAID KMCA CE |
07COLOMBO1253 | SRI LANKA LIKELY TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-12 06:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA UNHRC CE |
07COLOMBO1259 | SRI LANKAN NAVY SINKS THREE LARGE LTTE SHIPS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 12, Ambassador and Defense Attache Oxley met with Sri Lanka Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda to discuss the navy's recent operational successes, including sinking three large Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) weapons supply ships (referred to by the media [...] | 2007-09-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1260 | SRI LANKA: CHRISTIANS FACE MOUNTING LEGAL HURDLES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, Godfrey Yogarajah of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) called on Ambassador to provide an update on the problems faced by Sri Lanka's Christian community. Yogarajah noted that Sri Lankan churches are experiencing a growing number [...] | 2007-09-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1261 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE [...] SUMMARY: In an early September interview with Indian author and journalist Inderjit Badhwar (full text at www.tamilunitedfront.com/articles/rajapakse.h tml),President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphasized his desire for a political solution that addresses the aspirations of the Tamil people. He also [...] | 2007-09-12 12:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1262 | SRI LANKA: SIT-REP ON THE TSUNAMI WATCH [...] Following local and international media reports of a tsunami watch issued by the Pacific Center, Embassy issued SIPDIS the following warden message at 6:17 p.m. local time: "7.9 earthquake reported in Indonesia. Tsunami watch issued for the Indian Ocean, including Sri Lanka. People in co [...] | 2007-09-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AEMR PREL PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO1263 | SRI LANKA: SIT-REP FOLLOW-UP ON TSUNAMI WARNING [...] After a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the west coast of Indonesia and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) issued a tsunami warning, Embassy convened the Emergency Action SIPDIS Committee at 7:00 p.m. local time to discuss contingencies and preparedness measures in the event of an tsunami. [...] | 2007-09-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AEMR PREL PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO1266 | SRI LANKA: RESPONSE ON PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador, Embassy staff, and Washington-based officials have made a consistent, intensive effort over the past year to engage the Sri Lankan government on improving its human rights record, and to support and defend human rights advocates in the country. Sri Lanka has recen [...] | 2007-09-13 03:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO127 | SRI LANKAN ARMY TAKES VAKARAI; TIGERS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Security forces captured the eastern LTTE redoubt of Vakarai on January 20 after almost three months of fighting. This significant victory in the east may embolden the GSL to continue its campaign to recapture LTTE-held territory in the north and east. On January 21, a cluster o [...] | 2007-01-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO1273 | SRI LANKA: OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST FOR 62ND UNGA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo has received by diplomatic note the following list (para 2) of the official delegation and media members who are scheduled to visit the USA accompanying H.E. the President of Sri Lanka for the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (SBU) (begin list) Composition [...] | 2007-09-13 12:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP UNGA CE |
07COLOMBO128 | SRI LANKA: IPR RAID SEIZES 17,000 FAKE "POLO" BRAND SHIRTS [...] Summary: Sri Lankan police on January 11 raided a Sri Lankan factory manufacturing and supplying counterfeit "Polo" brand garments. The raid was the largest intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement bust since Sri Lanka began to enforce its 2003 IPR law in 2004. End Summary. 2. On [...] | 2007-01-23 03:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR EAID CE |
07COLOMBO1284 | BUILDING A SOUTH ASIA COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chiefs of Mission and other Embassy representatives from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan met under the auspices of the Regional Security Initiative (RSI) in Colombo on September 7 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with the Coordinator for Counterte [...] | 2007-09-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1286 | ICAO ASSEMBLY: SRI LANKA SUPPORT FOR U.S. RE-ELECTION TO [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Civil Aviation Authority support re-election of the United States to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Sri Lanka plans to send a four-person delegation, including Minister of Ports and Aviation, C [...] | 2007-09-17 11:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL AORC ICAO CE |
07COLOMBO13 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AIR STRIKES KILL 16 [...] (C) Summary: On January 2 Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) jets bombed a northwestern coastal area near Mannar. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) website Tamilnet reported that 16 civilians died in the air strike. Government officials countered that the SLAF targeted and hit a known Sea Tig [...] | 2007-01-04 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PHUM PREL PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO130 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER SEEKS TO MEND PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met opposition leader Wickremesinghe on January 22 to urge him to seek common ground with his UNP critics, including leading dissident Karu Jayasuriya. Our only interest was in supporting the peace process, Ambassador noted, but the current round of political wrangli [...] | 2007-01-23 05:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO1301 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S BROTHER BASIL TAKES A [...] (U) The President's brother, Basil Rajapaksa, took a seat in parliament today, replacing Muslim MP Anver Ismail, who died recently, reportedly from alcohol-related illness. Speaker of Parliament Lokubandara swore in Basil, whose nomination had gone the previous day to the Election Commissione [...] | 2007-09-19 12:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO1304 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT OUTLINES EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Summary. DCM and Poloff recently met with GSL officials from the Foreign Employment Bureau, the National Child Protection Authority, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Development, and the Sri Lanka Police to present the Department's TIP Action Plan and follow up on an Augu [...] | 2007-09-20 10:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1305 | SRI LANKA: 6.2% GDP GROWTH IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 AMIDST [...] (U) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka's GDP grew at an annual rate of 6.2% for the first half of 2007. The trade deficit narrowed as export growth significantly exceeded import growth. Growing remittances compensated for much of the trade deficit and boosted foreign exchange reserves to a level [...] | 2007-09-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KMCA CE |
07COLOMBO1308 | SRI LANKA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] DCM phoned Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on September 20 to follow up on ref b demarche. Kohona indicated that Sri Lanka would likely support the U.S. candidate, remarking that this was "an easy decision." He said he would ask the Office of UN and Multilateral Affairs to answer the demarc [...] | 2007-09-21 07:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC CE |
07COLOMBO1309 | SRI LANKAN ATTENDANCE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 07:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA CE |
07COLOMBO1313 | SRI LANKA: TOURISM INDUSTRY PINS HOPE ON NEW TOURISM ACT [...] Summary: On October 1, following a two year delay, the government will implement the Tourism Act of 2005. The law provides for greater private sector participation in government-controlled tourism regulatory, promotion and training agencies. More importantly, the private sector will now ha [...] | 2007-09-24 05:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EAID KMCA CE |
07COLOMBO1322 | SRI LANKA: PROGRESS ON DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL STALLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) has made substantial progress on drafting its devolution proposal, but remains stuck on some final key issues. The President, under pressure from his Sinhalese base to stick to the "unitary state" concept, has decided to delay action [...] | 2007-09-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO133 | SRI LANKA: DEATH THREATS CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF [...] (C) Summary. Death threats are aggravating the atmosphere of intimidation in Sri Lanka. Twenty-two individuals, mostly anti-war advocates and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathizers, received death threats in January from a shadowy Sinhalese ultra-nationalist group called the " [...] | 2007-01-23 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO134 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called an evening meeting with Ambassador Blake on January 22. Kohona expressed concern that a pending public letter from U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone to the White House would call for a special international envoy to investigate human rights. [...] | 2007-01-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1349 | DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador met on September 28 with Basil Rajapaksa, the President's brother, senior political advisor, and coordinator of the stabilization and reconstruction program in the east, to discuss the opportunities and risks in the east (reftels). Rajapaksa acknowledged the need to stop ill [...] | 2007-10-01 11:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID CE |
07COLOMBO1352 | SRI LANKA: CONFLICT CONTRIBUTES TO BRAIN DRAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Professionals and business people are steadily migrating out of Sri Lanka in pursuit of better living conditions and a more stable business environment. Many are Tamils and Muslims fleeing the conflict and persistent harassment. The "brain drain" is depleting a local talent pool [...] | 2007-10-02 05:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB KMCA CE |
07COLOMBO1355 | SRI LANKA TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATS AND [...] Summary: While growth in Sri Lanka's textile and apparel export market has slowed since expiration of the Multifiber Agreement, the sector continues to maintain market share and in some cases grow in niche garment industry markets. Exports to the U.S., Sri Lanka's largest market, were flat i [...] | 2007-10-02 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX CE |
07COLOMBO1357 | SRI LANKA SUPPORTS IN PRINCIPLE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM KWMN SOCI UN CE |
07COLOMBO1358 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT CRITICIZES EMINENT PERSONS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) submitted its second Interim Report to the President on September 18 and released its third public statement on September 19. The Commission of Inquiry (COI) and Attorney General's (AG) office sent strongly-worded [...] | 2007-10-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1369 | FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ASSESSES STABILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch on October 3 with Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that his breakaway faction from the ruling SLFP party and the opposition UNP have not yet been able to persuade the JVP to vote against the Government in November, mostly because the JVP st [...] | 2007-10-04 08:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO1371 | 256TH SESSION OF THE COLOMBO PLAN COUNCIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 27, 2007, The Colombo Plan Council convened for the 256th Session and discussed FY 2005/6 audited accounts, the 2006/7 draft annual report, a special paper on "Strategic Plan of The Colombo Plan 2025," and the needs assessment questionnaire. Ambassador Blake present [...] | 2007-10-04 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR SOCI ECON EAID CE |
07COLOMBO1372 | MEETING WITH NATIONALIST JVP PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met for a spirited but cordial hour with JVP Parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa, on October 1 at the JVP Party-Headquarters. Weerawansa expressed dissatisfaction with President Rajapaksa's failure to reduce inflation and corruption but said the JVP has not decid [...] | 2007-10-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO1384 | SRI LANKA PROTESTS IMPROMPTU VISIT BY ICELANDIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Icelandic diplomat on a tourist visa paid an impromptu visit to the Tamil Tiger de facto capital, Kilinochchi. Icelandic FSO Bjarni Vestmann, who apparently was under consideration for a position with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),decided to accompany the SLMM on [...] | 2007-10-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1387 | MUSLIM LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT LAND RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 2, Ambassador hosted prominent Muslim leaders for a roundtable discussion on Muslim issues to mark the holy month of Ramadan. Participants noted the absence of Al-Qaida and other radical Islamist terror groups but expressed concern about a growing Wahhabi presence, an [...] | 2007-10-09 06:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1391 | SRI LANKA: MIXED REACTIONS TO NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME [...] SUMMARY: Colombo Port authorities and managers of shipping lines expressed opposing views on the ability to meet the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning requirements. Authorities of the Port of Colombo maintain that the port will be able to scan all U.S.-bound shipping containers by year [...] | 2007-10-09 09:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD PREL PTER KMCA CE |
07COLOMBO1399 | SRI LANKA: LAGGING IN WORLD BANK EASE OF DOING BUSINESS [...] Summary: Sri Lanka rated poorly in the World Bank Group's just-released Doing Business 2008 index and in the middle of Transparency International's 2007 Corruption Perception Index. In the Ease of Doing Business index, Sri Lanka ranked 101 out of 178 economies. Notable was its ranking of 133 [...] | 2007-10-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAID KMCA KCOR CE |
07COLOMBO140 | SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDER CONSIDERS CLEARING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Blake met with Army Commander Major General Sarath Fonseka on January 23 following the Sri Lanka Army's (SLA) victory in the eastern Tiger (LTTE) strong hold of Vakarai (ref B). Fonseka estimated that the LTTE had been significantly weakened by two and a half months of [...] | 2007-01-24 08:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1402 | SRI LANKA NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO [...] The Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note on October 1 that the Government of Sri Lanka has nominated Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha for election to the UNESCO Executive Board. A document outlining "Sri Lanka's Vision In and For UNESCO" was attach [...] | 2007-10-10 11:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL UNESCO CE |
07COLOMBO1406 | REQUEST FOR TIFA WITH MALDIVES [...] (U) This is an action request for USTR. Please see para two. 2. (SBU) Summary and action request: Post recommends, and seeks USTR guidance on, the start of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks with the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GoRM). Post supports the neg [...] | 2007-10-11 09:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECIN EINV KISL CE |
07COLOMBO1407 | ARBOUR PROVIDES INTERIM READOUT OF HER VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: At a working lunch on October 11 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour expressed doubt that she will be able to negotiate during this trip an increase in the staff of the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombo with a broad mandate. She wants t [...] | 2007-10-11 09:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AORC CE |
07COLOMBO1408 | SRI LANKA: RUMORS ABOUND ABOUT KARUNA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On October 8, the Hindustan Times reported that pro-government paramilitary Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) military commander Chandrakanthan, more commonly known as Pillaiyan, ousted the group's founder Karuna Amman from the party's Executive Committee over "financia [...] | 2007-10-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1421 | ARBOUR CONCLUDES DISAPPOINTING TRIP TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour completed a five-day visit to Sri Lanka on October 14. UN Resident Representative Neil Buhne told Ambassador that Arbour was disappointed in the outcome of her visit and disturbed by the magnitude of the human rights problems [...] | 2007-10-15 10:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1425 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS STAGE A RAID DEEP IN THE [...] (SBU) On October 15, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base in Yala National Sanctuary, located deep in the predominantly Sinhalese portion of the South. Tamilnet, a pro-LTTE web site, reported that Tigers took a cache of weapons and set the camp ab [...] | 2007-10-16 10:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1428 | TAMIL LEADER REFLECTS ON THE CONFLICT, THE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-17 08:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO1439 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT TO IRAN TO [...] (C) Summary: President Rajapaksa plans to make a state visit to Iran, probably in December. The focus of the visit will be on trade. Iran is Sri Lanka's sixth largest trading partner -- it provides half of Sri Lanka's crude oil imports and is the fourth largest buyer of Sri Lanka's tea. With [...] | 2007-10-19 05:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG PREL KNNP IR CE |
07COLOMBO1441 | SRI LANKA: NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S [...] Embassy Colombo wishes to nominate Ms. Srinithy Nandasekaran of Sri Lanka for the Secretary's International Woman of Courage Award. As one of Sri Lanka's few female attorneys from the ethnic minority Tamil population, Ms. Nandasekaran has worked tirelessly as a lawyer, judge, and human righ [...] | 2007-10-19 09:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO CE |
07COLOMBO1444 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS ATTACK NORTH CENTRAL AIR [...] (C) Before daybreak on October 21, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched a ground attack on the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) base in Anuradhapura, 210 kilometers north-east of Colombo. Less than an hour later, two LTTE light aircraft dropped bombs over the base, hitting an air [...] | 2007-10-22 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1449 | SRI LANKA: PROPOSED TIP BENCHMARKS [...] In accordance with the Short Term Action Plan for Sri Lanka provided by G/TIP, post recommends the following benchmarks for use in evaluating Government of Sri Lanka progress in combating trafficking in persons: -Working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM),set up and be [...] | 2007-10-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1450 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES US-FUNDED [...] Summary. Ambassador on October 18 hosted a press event to launch a Department of State and USAID-funded anti-trafficking program implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The event received wide coverage in the Sri Lankan media. The Sri Lanka Police's Women's and Chi [...] | 2007-10-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1459 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PROVIDES WEAK RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on October 23 provided Charge with an Aide Memoire response to U/S Burns' request for additional information on the GSL's progress on human rights indictments and convictions. The GSL document, although constructive rather than defensive in [...] | 2007-10-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1460 | SRI LANKA UNDECIDED ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 07:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA UN CE |
07COLOMBO1463 | SRI LANKA UNDECIDED ON IAAC ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 08:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AORC UN UNGA CE |
07COLOMBO147 | MCC IN SRI LANKA: MAJORITY OF INDICATORS PROBABLY NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Almost three years ago when Sri Lanka qualified as a Millennium Challenge Account candidate country, many of Sri Lanka's MCC indicators were on a positive trend. Since then, the government has changed hands twice and each new government has proven less commi [...] | 2007-01-24 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID EAIR CE |
07COLOMBO1479 | SRI LANKA: AIR BASE ATTACK RESULTS IN HEAVY [...] SUMMARY: Reports of damage from the October 21 attack on the Anuradhapura air base (ref A) remain varied. The Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) reports 8 aircraft destroyed and 14 SLAF casualties, including two pilots. According to a U.S. defense contractor, approximately 75 percent of the SLAF's [...] | 2007-10-30 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |