Sri Lanka's prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed today that reconciliation was taking place in Sri Lanka as a result of visits by the Sinhala people to the North and Tamil people to the South.
“Many Sinhalese from the South are increasingly visiting the North, especially the Nagadeepa Vihara and Naga Vihara, while many from the North are visiting the South particularly to see what Colombo looks like,” Mr Wickremesinghe was quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying at the launch event of a housing scheme in Nuwara Eliya.
“These visits are gradually becoming a mode of reconciliation. Northern and Southern people are more reconciled today than in the past,” he added.
His comments come despite ongoing prolonged protests by Tamil people in the North-East over the issues of enforced disappearances, political prisoners and military land occupation.
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