VIDEO: Japan pledges 39 billion Yen for development assistance
June 16, 2010 12:57 pm
Visiting Japanese Envoy Yashushi Akashi today said that Japan will provide 39 billion Yen as development
assistance to Sri Lankafor health, education, infrastructure and Human Resuorce Development.
Representative
of the Government of Japan for Peace-Building, Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction in Sri Lanka Yasushi Akashi will be in Sri Lankafrom June 15 to 20.
During
his stay in Sri Lanka,
Mr. Akashi will meet with government officials and representatives of the
ruling and opposition parties, and call for early resettlement of internally
displaced persons (IDPs) as well as a swift progress in the political processes
for national reconciliation towards the establishment of lasting peace.
He
is also scheduled to visit resettlement villages for IDPs and attend ceremonies
associated with Japan’s
assisted projects for IDPs in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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