EU Commission to host Sri Lanka Co-Chairs' meeting

The European Commission will host on Monday 19 December in Brussels a meeting of the Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka. The meeting will be chaired by the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and will be attended by representatives of Japan, Norway, the US and the Council Presidency of the EU. The Co-Chairs will review the current political situation and examine ways to support the efforts towards a peaceful solution in Sri Lanka. The participants will also discuss the coordination of the Tsunami assistance in the light of the current political situation. The EU is one of four Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka (June 2003). It was agreed in Tokyo that the four Co-Chairs would continue to meet regularly and monitor progress in the peace process in Sri Lanka.

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• EU Presidency Declaration on situation in Sri Lanka  (23/1/2006)
• EU Presidency Declaration on situation in Sri Lanka (20/1/2006)
• Statement by EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner on Sri Lankan elections (22/11/2005)
• EU to deploy Election Observation Mission to Sri Lanka for November 2005 Presidential Election (26/10/2005)
• Asian Tsunami - EC reconstruction mission to Sri Lanka and Indonesia (14/2/2005)
• Statement from the Sri Lanka donor Co-chairs meeting (25/1/2005)