{"id":34753,"date":"2013-11-14T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=701a713e714f7a55b88788903e0ae8d7"},"modified":"2013-11-14T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T08:53:00","slug":"press-release-foreign-secretary-meets-tamil-national-alliance-in-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=34753","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Foreign Secretary meets Tamil National Alliance in Colombo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today the Foreign Secretary William Hague met members of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He stressed his support for a peaceful and stable Sri Lanka and noted that the protection of minority and human rights for all was paramount in achieving long lasting peace.<\/p>\n

Elections took place in the North of Sri Lanka on 21 September and the TNA won a large majority to form a northern provincial council. These were the first elections to be held in this region and are an important step towards reconciliation and finding a lasting political settlement after three decades of violent conflict.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Secretary said:<\/p>\n

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An important part of my purpose of coming to Sri Lanka was to meet members of the Tamil community as well as those working across Sri Lanka to promote human rights, reconciliation and accountability for past crimes. I am pleased that the Prime Minister is visiting the north of Sri Lanka to see for himself the work that needs to be done to address the legacy of the conflict.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I am calling on the Sri Lankan government to conduct a transparent and independent investigation into alleged war crimes, improve Sri Lanka\u2019s human rights record and for both the government and the TNA to work constructively together towards a political settlement that delivers meaningful devolution for the North of the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further information<\/h2>\n

Follow the UK\u2019s updates from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media at CHOGM 2013<\/h2>\n

Stay connected to the latest happenings at the CHOGM 2013 in Sri Lanka through social media. Regular updates throughout the week will be provided on a variety of social media channels.<\/p>\n

Follow the handles, hashtags, and other social media accounts outlined below to stay connected.<\/p>\n

Storify<\/h3>\n

Follow the updates as they happen on our CHOGM 2013 Storify<\/a> <\/p>\n

Twitter<\/h3>\n

Prime Minister David Cameron <\/p>\n

@number10gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague <\/p>\n

@WilliamJHague<\/a><\/p>\n

Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire <\/p>\n

@HugoSwire<\/a><\/p>\n

British High Commission in Colombo <\/p>\n

@UKinSriLanka<\/a><\/p>\n

Official Twitter Account of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013<\/p>\n

@CHOGMSriLanka<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook<\/h3>\n

Foreign and Commonwealth Office<\/a> <\/p>\n

British High Commission Colombo<\/a><\/p>\n

Official Facebook page of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

Hashtags to follow during CHOGM 2013<\/h3>\n

#CHOGM <\/p>\n

#Commonwealth <\/p>\n

UK Government Websites<\/h3>\n

UK in Sri Lanka<\/a><\/p>\n

British High Commission Colombo<\/a><\/p>\n

External websites<\/h3>\n

CHOGM 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

The Commonwealth<\/a><\/p>\n

Subscribe to the announcements feed<\/a> or email alerts<\/a> to get our latest news and announcements.<\/p>\n

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Media enquiries<\/h3>\n
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Foreign Secretary William Hague discusses devolution and reconciliation in Sri Lanka with the Tamil National Alliance during CHOGM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}