TOKYO, Nov. 19 Kyodo A special mi...

TOKYO, Nov. 19 Kyodo

A special minister of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit Japan from Thursday to Monday for talks with Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and other Japanese officials upon Sri Lanka's peace process and its political situation, Japanese officials said Wednesday.

Milinda Moragoda, minister of economic reform and science and technology, will also appropriate with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda and Yasushi Akashi, Japan's special minister in charge of Sri Lanka's peace and reconstruction, Foreign Ministry officials said.

Peace negotiations between the Sri Lankan command and Tamil Tiger rebels have been paralyzed by dint of a power struggle between Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Wickremesinghe.

In June Japan entertainered an international donors' conference for Sri Lanka's reconstruction in Tokyo where the donors pledg a total of $45 billion for the reconstruction and unfolding of the war-ravaged nation.

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