Sri Lanka dispatches special emissary to India
As the number of trapped Tamil civilians crossing over to safer government-held zones nears the hundred thousand mark, Sri Lankan is dispatching a special emissary to India to discuss relief and rehabilitation measures for these people.
British and French foreign ministers arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday on a day-long trip to discuss with Colombo the humanitarian situation in the island's north where troops are battling the Tamil Tigers who have been cornered into a small strip of coastal land.