Leaked diplomatic cable reveals : Solheim, Burns misjudged MR et al
A leaked confidential US diplomatic cable, authored by the then US Ambassador in Colombo Jeffrey Lunstead in the wake of Nov. 2005 presidential election, has revealed how those spearheading the peace initiative misjudged the Sri Lankan leader. Following a meeting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns had with President Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Jan. 23, 2006, the State Department official told Norwegian peace facilitator Erik Solheim on the same day that President Rajapaksa felt government security forces were ‘too weak to take on the LTTE’. The meeting had taken place at Lunstead’s residence with the participation of the then Norwegian Ambassador in Colombo Hans Brattskar.
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මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂට බොරූවට බනින අයට බලාගන්න පුලුවන්, මහින්ද හින්දා අපිව පුදුම බෙරිල්ලක්, බේරුනා කියලා.
A leaked confidential US diplomatic cable, authored by the then US Ambassador in Colombo Jeffrey Lunstead in the wake of Nov. 2005 presidential election, has revealed how those spearheading the peace initiative misjudged the Sri Lankan leader. Following a meeting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns had with President Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Jan. 23, 2006, the State Department official told Norwegian peace facilitator Erik Solheim on the same day that President Rajapaksa felt government security forces were ‘too weak to take on the LTTE’. The meeting had taken place at Lunstead’s residence with the participation of the then Norwegian Ambassador in Colombo Hans Brattskar.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=15690
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂට බොරූවට බනින අයට බලාගන්න පුලුවන්, මහින්ද හින්දා අපිව පුදුම බෙරිල්ලක්, බේරුනා කියලා.
