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by chaindavid | February 15, 2009 at 05:45 am

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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband telephones Sri Lanka Foreign Minister

[ Saturday, 14 February 2009, 05:03.41 AM GMT +05:30 ]

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, yesterday, telephoned Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama to seek an explanation over the government rejecting the appointment of a special envoy to Sri Lanka by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Minister Bogollagama had explained the reasons behind the move, a statement by the Foreign Ministry said terming it as a "unilateral appointment" but added that both countries agreed to maintain close dialogue. The Cabinet of Ministers at its meeting on Thursday rejected the unilateral appointment of a Special Envoy for Sri Lanka by the British government.

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Rob Walker

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at 06:17 on February 15th, 2009

Chaindavid, this story is a copy and paste of one from tamil.net. Unless it is your work, please use highlight to show that it came from another source.