Speaking at the UNP Party Headquarters Sirikotha, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that as a result of the positive response received with regard to Sri Lanka at the UNHRC in Geneva, the country should be in a position to obtain the GSP Plus concession expediently.

PM Wickremesinghe further stated that national unity and reconciliation need to be created in Sri Lanka in order to understand the truth. The Prime Minister also noted that an office, which will inquire into the disappearances of persons, will be opened soon. He added that the investigations will not be limited to 2009 but thereafter, to the present.

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