The German Government welcomes the decision of the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE to begin their high-level talks in Thailand later this month. In order to support the on-going peace process the German Government has provided additional finances towards assistance-programmes in the North and the East.

Dur. 520,000, equivalent to Rs. 48.8 million will be funded towards the “Integrated Food Security project” (IFSP) in Trincomalee, which covers conflict-affected areas in the North and the East provinces. The programme comes within the framework of development co-operation of the German Government, implemented through GTZ (German Technical Co-operation).

Under its funding of NGO-Projects Programme, the German Governmant will provide Dur. 415,000 (Rs. 39 million) to assist Internally Displaced People (IDP) where 4939 families returning to their villages in the Vanni Districts of Vavuniya, Mannar and Kilinochchi, will be beneficiaries. The programme will be implemented by the German NGO “Welthungerhilfe” (German-Agro Action) in collaboration with the “Sewa Lanka Foundation.”