26/10/2003 - Sunday Leader
Making Lanka the Gateway to India
After years of painstaking diplomacy and confidence building measures, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe finally came good last week securing for Sri Lanka a solid foundation with India to ensure economic as well as defence stability ...
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28/10/2003 - Daily Mirror
Task Ahead: Narrow Difference between the Proposals
With its final foray into Northern Ireland, Norway and Denmark, the LTTE has completed its series of foreign visits for consultations on its proposals for an interim administrative structure for the north east. There is no doubt that the LTTE used this period to meet with its friends and allies in its most important support bases worldwide. The LTTE will need support in the days and months ahead, as much as the government, which has its Prime Minister also circling the globe in search of support. Both are taking steps into an uncertain future, the government as much as the LTTE...
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28/10/2003 - The Lanka Academic
"Tyrone in UN Race Too Early"- Diplomats
Diplomatic sources say that Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Tyrone Fernando is canvassing for the United Nations, Secretary- General's post three years in advance and they consider it far too early to canvass for the position...
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03/11/2003 - Daily News
PM meets Bush on Wednesday
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet US President George W. Bush on Wednesday for talks at the White House...
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04/11/2003 - Daily News
Premier’s meeting with Bush significant, says Moragoda
(P. Balasingham in Washington)
…said Economic Reforms and Science and Technology Minister Milinda Moragoda…The Prime Minister’s visit is focused to ensure political relationship in the context of the peace process and the economic and trade relationship…Meeting President Bush is not a public relations exercise, it is a process…Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met President Bush in 2002 and this meeting is a firm one in the context of cementing a continuous relationship, Moragoda said…The Service Commanders have already visited the USA regarding various matters and substantial discussions have taken place in these matters, he said…
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04/11/2003 - The Island
Ranil to Push SL Agenda in USA
Washington - Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday kicked off his visit here with a series of discussions which diplomats said had been designed to push a specific Sri Lankan agenda revolving around peace and the economy...
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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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05/11/2003 - Daily News
PM says Priority to Economic Development
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe visited Monday morning the Bio Tech Park of Maryland University at Rockville and the Bio-Tech Industry at the Institute for Genomic Research. Thanking the officials of the Institute, the PM said that he gave priority to research and economic development for the future...
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05/11/2003 - Daily News
US Supports Peace Process: Armitage
The United States supports Sri Lanka's search for peace, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Monday...
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09/11/2003 - Sunday Times
Lanka, Microsoft announce collaboration to improve IT
…a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide support for the E-Sri Lanka initiative…a multi-million dollar investment from Microsoft in technology, training, educational assistance and infrastructure support over a five year period…was signed at a special ceremony in Washington by…Minister, Milinda Moragoda, and Sanjay Mirchandani, President, Microsoft Asia Pacific,…Said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft...“The agreement and our ongoing investment underscore our belief in the long-term potential of Sri Lanka and our commitment to its people"…
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