TNA delegations meet British, Japanese ambassadors

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 09:59 GMT]
Batticaloa district Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians appealed to the British Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Mr. Dominic Silcott Monday, urging the International Community to pressure Sri Lanka government to stop artillery attacks into civilian populated areas in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) held areas and to provide the necessary facilities to the people displaced in the recent violence. The meeting lasted an hour starting at 2:30 p.m. Monday.

S. Jeyanandamoorthy, P. Ariyanenthiran, T. Kanagasabai and Ms. K. Thangeswari comprised the group that met the British Ambassador.

Meanwhile, twelve TNA parliamentarians met with the Japanese Ambassador Thursday and briefed him of the government shelling in the Eastern province, and the worsening humanitarian situation as increasing numbers are being displaced from areas of violence, Ariyanenthiran said.