Chief Minister seeks foreign aid for the EP

Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan has called on the Colombo based diplomatic community to request their governments to step in to provide development assistance to the province.

His request came when he met this week, at his office located in the Provincial Secretariat, 43 diplomats of several countries including those of the United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Ireland, Russia, Iceland, Pakistan, Netherlands Turkey, Romania, Israel and Germany.

The Chief Minister said the Eastern Province was the worst affected province in the island due to conflict and natural disasters.