Financial Times

WB, ADB to discuss tsunami, post conflict work
The World Bank and the ADB, stalled last week by the JHU and other groups in meeting the LTTE, have scheduled a press conference tomorrow to discuss the current state of tsunami and post conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation work.

Alessandro Pio, ADB Country Director and Peter Harrold, World Bank Country Director are meeting the media at the World Bank office to discuss these issues, a lot of which is likely to focus on northeast tsunami rehabilitation and post conflict work.

Pio and Harrold and their colleague from the IMF postponed a planned visit to Kilinochchi last Friday, saying they didn’t want to do anything to disturb proposed peace talks in Geneva and planned to undertake that trip after the talks are held later this month.

The trio was to meet S.P. Thamilchelvam, LTTE Political leader. Soon after the agencies announced their intention to meet LTTE officials, the JHU and other hardline groups protested and urged the government to take steps to prevent the meeting.

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