World: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha has cancelled her meeting with the President of Sri Lanka
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Thursday, 29 December 2005 |
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President Rajapaksa arrived
yesterday and this morning there was a ceremonial welcome at
Rashtrapati Bhawan after which the visiting President went and laid a
wreath at Rajghat. There was a detailed interaction between the two
delegations in Hyderabad House. We understand that the President
briefed the Indian side of his assessment of the current status of the
peace process in Sri Lanka. Both sides agreed that peace talks aimed at
strengthening the ceasefire should begin at the earliest.
President
will carry on the rest of his programme this evening which will include
the banquet by the President and other calls by several Ministers today
and tomorrow. The programme for Tamil Nadu for the visiting President
was tentative in nature and was based on mutual convenience. Given the
fact that the President has a full schedule in Delhi and other places
and the fact that the Chief Minister was not available that day, the
programme has been changed.
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