The Japanese government has granted US $860,500 in aid to the demining organisation - HALO Trust, to work towards demining in the North.
The agreement was signed between the Japanese Ambassador Nobuhito Hobo and the HALO Trust Programme Manager on the island, Bartholomew Digby on Friday.
HALO Trust operates in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Trincomalee and Mullaitivu districts, and has been working along side the Sri Lankan Army and the National Mine Action Centre since 2002.
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