Cushnahan to visit Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 November 2005, 14:24 GMT]
John Cushnahan, chief obeserver of the EU Election Observation Mission, accompanied by Head of EU delegation to Sri Lanka, Ambassador Julian Wilson, are to visti Jaffna, Friday, a press advisory from the EOM offices in Colombo said Thursday.

Full text of the advisory follows:

The Chief Observer of the European Union EOM, Mr. John Cushnahan, will tomorrow (11 November) visit the Jaffna District in the Northern Province of the country. He will be accompanied by the Head of the EU Delegation to Sri Lanka, Ambassador Julian Wilson.

The Chief Observer will meet with the EU EOM Long Term Observers who are observing the electoral process in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu districts.

He also will meet with representatives of the political parties involved in the electoral campaign (EPDP at 10h00 and TNA at 12h00) and the authorities in charge of the organisation of the elections at local level (Returning Officer at 11h00).

Mr. Cushnahan will be pleased to meet with the representatives of the media at 13h30 at the IOM (International Organization for Migration) Office 70, Temple Road, Jaffna.