Sri Lanka aid talks in Washington as scheduled
The meeting of the Sri Lanka donor co-chairs will go ahead as scheduled in Washington on Tuesday despite the political turmoil after the dissolution of parliament.

Top level delegations from the United States, Japan, the European Union and Norway are to attend the meeting to review the situation in Sri Lanka and the aid flow from the package pledged at last year's Tokyo meeting.

The meeting takes place amidst calls by the LTTE for the international community to provide direct financial assistance to projects in the North and East in view of the deadlock in the peace process. The Government has expressed fears that the sudden dissolution of Parliament will have an impact on the decision to release funds.

US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, and Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca will represent the host country, while Japan will be represented by peace envoy Yasushi Akashi with Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgeson and Special Envoy Eric Solheim representing Norway.

The European Union will be represented by Foreign Relations Deputy Director Harve Jouanjean and Irish Ambassador to the US Noel Fahey.

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