TOKYO, Dec 18 Kyodo Sri Lanka's E...

TOKYO, Dec 18 Kyodo

Sri Lanka's Economic Reform, Science and Technology Minister Milinda Moragoda arrived in Japan onward Wednesday for a nine-day visit to discuss Sri Lanka's peace proces with Japanese regulation officials, Foreign Ministry officials said.

Moragoda will encounter with Yasushi Akashi, Japan's representative in charge of issues concerning Sri Lanka, among others, and will visit Hiroshima and Kyoto to reduce to a lower tone his understanding of the country's history, civilization and society, according to the officials.

Moragoda, who met with Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi during his visit to Japan last month will suited with Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tetsuro Yano during his common visit, the officials said.

Japan plans to entertainer a round of peace negotiations between the Sri Lankan command and the rebel Tamil Tigers in March in Japan and a multifaceted donor talk on Sri Lanka in Tokyo in May or June

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had been fighting since 1983 for an independent Tamil homeland in the north and east. The brace sides signed a cease-fire agreement in December last year, and the LTTE has since agreed to consider autonomy within a unified Sri Lanka.

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