02/10/2003 - Press Statement-Richard Boucher
Sri Lanka: Status of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Although the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are engaged in a peace process with the government of Sri Lanka - a process that the United States fully supports - the United States has determined that the LTTE continues to engage in terrorist activities...
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05/10/2003 - Sunday Island
Lanka Lobbies US Groups on FTA
Sri Lankan diplomats leading negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States declined last week to set a deadline for tying up the deal, but said they were lobbying support among a variety of American groups including trade unions, industrial organisations and multinationals...
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07/10/2003 - Daily Mirror
WB Invites Milinda to Outline South Asia's Needs
The World Bank has invited Economic Reforms, Science and Technology Minister Milinda Moragoda to outline in Washington next week South Asia's needs and expectations of the multilateral donor agency...
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14/10/2003 - The Island
Friendship with India
Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha, who arrives in Colombo today, is one of the very few Indian VIPs to visit Sri Lanka in recent times although the visits made by Sri Lankan VIPs to New Delhi are hard to keep count of...
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16/10/2003 - Daily Mirror
Economic push for Southern region
By (Dholani Mawalage and Rebecca Fleming)
… feasibility reports for the Second International Harbour and the Airport at Hambantota… approved… Prime Minister and Ministers Rauff Hakeem and Milinda Moragoda are holding discussions on carrying out the second phase of the project...
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18/10/2003 - Daily Mirror
UK Reiterates Continued Support for Lankan Peace Process
Secretary of State for International Development, Hilary Benn reiterated UK's continued support to Sri Lanka's peace process...
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18/10/2003 - Daily News
Moragoda addresses World Bank Development Seminar
"The potential in the South Asia region for economic growth and through it improving the lives of people is still vastly untapped. Development institutions such as the World Bank who are key partners in the process, can play a major role...
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19/10/2003 - Sunday Island
Moragoda meets Hilary Benn
Minister of Economic Reform, Science and Technology Milinda Moragoda met new British Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn at the International Development Ministry office in London last week...
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19/10/2003 - Sunday Island
Good to promise honey in future, but we also need bread today-Moragoda
…Minister Milinda Moragoda…told a World Bank Development seminar in Washington…key partners in the development process in the Third World can and must play a major role in South Asia….“The World Bank should share global knowledge on…what has succeeded and what has failed and why; and provide concessionary funds to spur development in key areas”,…The World Bank’s Vice President for the South Asia Region…Praful Patel said…“Minister Moragoda’s appeal on behalf of Sri Lanka has been heard loud and clear”...
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22/10/2003 - Daily News
Benn reiterates UK’s support for peace process
(Sumith Kadawathage, London corr.)
Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for International Development reiterated the UK’s continued support to Sri Lanka’s peace process when he met Milinda Moragoda, Minister of Economic Reforms, Science and Technology…in London…Minister Moragoda briefed…Benn on the present status of the peace process and emphasised the importance of the international community’s support in keeping the momentum of the development in order to achieve a durable peace in Sri Lanka…
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