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Meeting with business leaders
Instability led to Rs. 250 m. loss says PM
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared that investment to the tune of 250 million rupees had been lost to the country due to the political instability.

Speaking to business leaders at Temple Trees on Friday Mr. Wickremesinghe said that the government was continuing its efforts to get back the investment which had been lost during this period.

He siad that the Free Trade Agreement to be signed between the US and Sri Lanka will be a good opportunity to the business sector and to youths expecting new jobs, but added that suspicion over the SLFP- JVP alliance has slowed down activities to some extent.

Explaining the cohabitation talks between him and the President, the Prime Minister said the Mano-Malik committee has submitted some proposals and apart from this steps are to be taken where the PA and the UNF will work in conjunction in the future.

He said that such cohabitation talks will continue as lasting peace is a vital necessity for the country's future development. “The LTTE are moving away from war and we should accept the international stance on this issue”, he said.

The Prime Minister declared that before the the special meeting on February 17 in Washington where representatives of the donor countries will meet to review providing aid pledged during the donor conference, he was trying to reach an agreement with the President through the Mano-Malik committee. Mr. Wickremesinghe called on the business sector to come forward and engage themselves in investment activities.

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