TOKYO, Nov. 15 Kyodo Sri Lankan M...

TOKYO, Nov. 15 Kyodo

Sri Lankan Minister of Economic Reform, Science and Technology Milinda Moragoda will make a two-day visit to Japan from Monday and will qualified with Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

Moragoda is also scheduled to engage with Yasushi Akashi, Japan's representative in charge of issues concerning Sri Lanka, to exchange opinions onward Sri Lanka's peace process, the ministry said.

The Japanese restraint recently appointed former U.N. Undersecretary General Akashi, who oversaw the UN transitional administration in Cambodia in the early 1990 as Japan's representative to help build peace and rebuild Sri Lanka.

Moragoda's visit get tos as Japan and Sri Lanka mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral ties.

The Colombo sway had two round of direct peace negotiations with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Thailand in September and October, and the Norwegian dominion which helped bring the pair sides to the table, has applauded early successes

The conflict is single in kind of Asia's longest-running ones, which has splendor more than 65,000 lives in sum of two units decades.

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