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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7800502" data-attributes="member: 92282">The European Union urged Sri Lanka's  government on Thursday  to cooperate with a UN panel probing alleged war crimes  during the  country's civil war. "The European Union encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to  cooperate  fully, including through the Lessons Learnt and  Reconciliation Commission  appointed by President Rajapakse, with the  members of the Panel, in the  interest of all concerned," said EU  foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton.  "The European Union hopes that these initiatives can contribute to an   inclusive and sustainable political solution addressing the legitimate  concerns  of all the communities on the island," she said in a  statement.President Mahinda Rajapakse's government has ignored calls to  investigate  allegations that thousands of civilians were killed along  with surrendering  rebels during the final months of the fighting that  ended in May last year.  Sri Lanka has refused to cooperate with a panel named by UN chief Ban   Ki-moon last week to advise on "accountability issues" during the  conflict,  which pitted government forces against Tamil Tiger  separatists.Rajapakse told the Times of India in an interview published Monday that  he  did not care about damage to the country's image as a result of  resisting  pressure from the United Nations and Western countries to  submit to an  enquiry.  "Why should I worry about others?" he told the newspaper. "If India  and  neighbours are good with me, that is enough for me."  Asked about the risk of losing EU trade concessions worth an  estimated 150  million dollars a year because of his resistance to EU  pressure, Rajapakse  replied: "I am not bothered."  "If the EU doesn't want to give it, let them keep it. I don't want  it. We  have gone and explained what we have done."  The UN has said that at least 7,000 ethnic Tamil civilians were  killed in  the first four months of 2009. The UN estimates that up to  100,000 people died  in the fighting between 1972 and May last year. <a href="http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/eu-urges-sri-lanka-cooperate-un-war-probe" target="_blank">AFP via RNW</a></blockquote>

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