The following statement was issued by the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group meeting over the weekend in Washington, DC.
Violence, political instability and the government’s reluctance to devolve power or resources to the fledgling provincial council are undermining ambitious plans for developing Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province.
Sri Lanka’s government must address the security needs and land-related grievances of all ethnic communities in its Eastern Province or risk losing a unique opportunity for development and peace.
Sri Lanka is in civil war again, and there are no prospects of a peace process resuming soon.
Sinhala nationalism, long an obstacle to the resolution of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, is again driving political developments on the island.
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