High Commissioner Angela Bogdan
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen

Let me start by quoting President John F. Kennedy at the very outset.  He said “Let us explore what unites us not belabor what divides us”.  In the next few minutes, I will try to examine the measures adopted by the government to solve the conflict affecting the country through a process of inclusiveness, through embracing all our people. 

Colombo High Court Judge Kumuduni Wickramasinghe yesterday issued notice on LTTE Leader Velupillei Prabhakaran, LTTE Intelligence Wing Leader Pottu Amman, Charles Master and Komadee Manimekala in connection with the assassination of former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar.

COLOMBO: The funeral of Violet Wickremasinghe, mother of First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, will be held tomorrow at the General Cemetery, Kanatte. She passed away at a private hospital in Colombo on Sunday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid his last respects to his mother-in-law yesterday.