British parliamentary delegation visits Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 03 April 2008, 01:26 GMT]
A team of parliamentarians arriving from Britain paid a visit to Batticaloa Wednesday afternoon. During their brief visit to Batticaloa, the British MPs individually met various officials including Sundaram Arumainayagam, the District Secretary (DS) and also had discussions with delegates from various religious groups.

The group, comprising Andy Love (Labour), Stephen Hammond (Conservative), Ashok Kumar (Labour) and Andrew George (Liberal Democrat), also met officers of Sri Lanka Army (SLA), sources in Batticaloa said.