Bob Casey’s statement at GTF

By Mendaka Abeysekera in New York

We reproduce below without comment the statement made by USSenator Bob Casey, chairman of the senate foreign relations subcommittee on near eastern and south and central Asian affairs, read at the Global Tamil Forum inauguration in London on Wednesday (17).
“As chairman of the senate foreign relations subcommittee on South Asia, I have examined the unfortunate effects of the conflict in Sri Lanka. I have sought to shed light on the plight of internally displaced people and the importance of development in post-conflict Sri Lanka. As Americans, we will continue to seek opportunities to play a constructive role in post-conflict Sri Lanka. As Sri Lanka heals from the horrors of war, it will also require that the Tamil population in and outside the country play a key role in the development of Sri Lanka’s infrastructure as well as its social fabric.”