The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Atul Keshap, on a trip to Sri Lanka to discuss long term political solutions and reconciliation, met Friday with the Tamil National Alliance spokesperson Suresh Premachandran.
Premachandran told the US official that it would be very difficult for Tamil civilians to give evidence before a United Nations probe into war crimes due to government statements that told media that any one that testified before a UN panel would be ‘dealt with’, reports the New Indian Express.
The TNA delegation also outlined that many war displaced civilian were unable to resettle in their lands due to land appropriation by the Sri Lankan military.
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