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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11719920" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/120px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />India on Sunday welcomed Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and  Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report, which recommends measures to  heal wounds of the conflict in the island nation even as it again  underlined the need to ensure that an independent and credible mechanism  is put in place to investigate alleged human rights violations in the  country. The foreign ministry said in a statement that it expected Sri Lanka  to “act decisively” to achieve meaningful devolution of powers to its  provinces in the backdrop of the military operation against the LTTE in  its first comments on the report just made public.full statement The report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation  Commission (LLRC), was tabled by the Government of Sri Lanka in its  Parliament on 16 December. While we are still studying the report which  runs into over 400 pages, I can share with you some initial comments on  its contents. 2.     The Government of India welcomes the public  release of the LLRC report and takes note of the assurance given by the  Government of Sri Lanka in Parliament about implementation of many of  its recommendations. 3.     The LLRC has recommended various  constructive measures for addressing issues related to healing the  wounds of the conflict and fostering a process of lasting peace and  reconciliation in Sri Lanka. In particular, we have noted the  proposed  measures pertaining to information on missing persons and detainees,  investigation of cases of disappearances and abductions, promotion of a  trilingual policy, deployment of Tamil-speaking officers in all offices,  curbing activities of illegal armed groups, reduction of high security  zones, return of private lands by the military and demilitarization ,  including phasing out of the involvement of the security forces in  civilian activities and restoration of civilian administration in the  Northern Province. We have noted the assurance given by the Government  of Sri Lanka in Parliament that it will ensure the withdrawal of  security forces from all aspects of community life and confine their  role exclusively to security matters. 4.     Implementation of assurances to ensure speedy resettlement and  genuine reconciliation, including early completion of the process of the  return of Internally Displaced Persons and refugees to their respective  homes, restoration of normal civilian life in affected areas would mark  a major step forward in the process of reconciliation. 5.      The LLRC report has underlined that the present situation provides a  great window of opportunity to forge a consensual way forward towards  reconciliation through a political settlement based on devolution of  power. It recognises that a political solution is imperative to  addressing the root cause of the conflict and notes that the Government  should provide leadership to a political process which must be pursued  for the purpose of establishing a framework for ensuring sustainable  peace and security in the post-conflict environment.6.    In this context, we have been assured by the Government of Sri Lanka  on several occasions in the past, of its commitment towards pursuit of a  political process, through a broader dialogue with all parties,  including the Tamil National Alliance, leading to the full  implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution, and  to go beyond, so as to achieve meaningful devolution of powers and  genuine national reconciliation. We hope that the Government of Sri  Lanka recognising the critical importance of this issue acts decisively  and with vision in this regard. We will remain engaged with them through  this process and offer our support in the spirit of partnership. 7.     We have also noted the Government of Sri Lanka’s intention to set up a  mechanism to carry out further investigations relating to instances of  alleged human rights violations and incidents involving loss of civilian  life. It is important to ensure that an independent and credible  mechanism is put in place to investigate allegations of human rights  violations, as brought out the LLRC, in a time-bound manner. <a href="http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=190018810" target="_blank">http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=190018810</a></blockquote>

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