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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12798207" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/K_Shanmugam_%28cropped%29.jpg/84px-K_Shanmugam_%28cropped%29.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Minister for Foreign  Affairs and Law K Shanmugam says Singapore is committed to  strengthening bilateral ties and assisting Sri Lanka as it embarks on  reconstruction and genuine national reconciliation.Mr Shanmugam  said this when he met Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa on  Saturday, on the third and final day of his official visit to the  country.Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that  during their meeting, Mr Shanmugam told President Rajapaksa that  Singapore was happy to see that peace had returned to Sri Lanka.He  also said that during his visit to Trincomale and Jaffna, he saw the  significant progress in physical reconstruction in the areas that he  visited.  Mr Shanmugam also said that while reconciliation  cannot be imposed from the outside, well-wishers of Sri Lanka, such as  Singapore, look forward to an inclusive process that would include  addressing the emotive sentiments of people affected by the decade of  conflict.         He also reiterated Singapore's offer of  technical assistance, which Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had made  during President Rajapaksa's state visit to Singapore in February this  year.It focuses on areas of human resource development and economic development, which are Sri Lanka's current priorities. MFA said President Rajapaksa expressed his appreciation for Singapore's offer to assist Sri Lanka in its development.  He  shared with Mr Shanmugam the ongoing efforts made by the central and  provincial governments towards post-conflict development.These  include the restoration of basic infrastructure and services in the  worst-affected areas in the northern province of Sri Lanka.CNA</blockquote>

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