SRILANKA AMBASSADOR TO OSLO RECALLED TO SRILANKA!!!

Envoy to Oslo recalled

Sri Lankan Ambassador to Oslo Esala Weerakoon, has been recalled by Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama prior to completing his two-year assignment there, informed Foreign Ministry sources disclosed yesterday.

It is learnt that among the complaints levelled against Esala, son of former top civil servant Bradman Weerakoon, was that he was not receptive to organising a photo exhibition in Norway depicting atrocities committed by the LTTE. Though it was held in a number of European Capitals, where Sri Lanka has diplomatic representations, the exhibition was not held in Oslo as the Ambassador had allegedly maintained he was working to improve relations with Tamils living there.

As a close advisor to the short-lived Ranil Wickremesinghe administration, Bradman Weerakoon too played a key role in trying to woo the LTTE to the peace process. He was particularly accused of expediting the handing of hi-tech radio communication equipment sent to the organisation by the Norwegians.

Other sources however, said last night that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had rescinded the recall order issued to Esala, but this could not be independently verified.

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