Sri Lanka's prime minister tells Bishop of Jaffna to be patient

The Bishop of Jaffna called on Sri Lanka's new government to take action on re-building homes for the displaced, rebuilding destroyed places of religious worship, resolving the issues of Tamil fisherman and an answer to the calls of families of the disappeared.

Responding to Bishop Thomas Sountharanayagam's, Sri Lanka's prime minister, asked the bishop to "be patient."

"Please be patient. We cannot bring a solution immediately, but give us more time and we will resolve the people's problems," Mr Wickremasinghe
said, calling for time and space.


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