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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 13287431" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/DQObf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Senior envoy of Japan Yasushi Akashi has told Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa that Japan is willing to help his country improve relations with the West, which have been strained over human rights and war crimes accountability issues.In a news briefing Saturday, Akashi said he told  Rajapaksa in a meeting earlier the same day that Japan is "willing to  assist in the efforts to develop the relationship between Sri Lanka and  the international community."         Western countries are concerned about human  rights abuses committed by government forces during the final stages of  its long war against ethnic minority Tamil separatist rebels.     Sri Lanka has recently softened its stance on  these matters, with Rajapaksa publishing an action plan for national  reconciliation incorporating the recommendations of his Lessons Learned  and Reconciliation Commission.        Akashi said he welcomed the completion and  release of the action plan and that Rajapaksa expressed commitment to  its implementation as well as the need for national reconciliation and  economic development in Sri Lanka.     "I reiterated the importance to take effective  measures for the action plan and demonstrate visible outcomes to the  international community as scheduled," Akashi said.        Akashi, who arrived in Colombo on Tuesday,  has met with political leaders from the government and opposition,  senior government officials, and representatives of civil society and  religious organizations.     He also flew to the war-scarred north, where he noted "visible improvements" since his previous visit to the island.        Akashi will visit New Delhi en route to Japan  and will brief the Indian government on his Sri Lanka visit and also  participate in an event commemorating 60 years of diplomatic relations  between Japan and India.Kyodo</blockquote>

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