UN Humanitarian Official visits Sri Lanka

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-27-2009 19:32

Top UN humanitarian official, John Holmes, has visited Sri Lanka and expressed concern for tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the crossfire as fighting between government forces and Tamil rebels continues.

Top UN humanitarian official, John Holmes met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Rohitha Bo-golla-gama in Colombo.

Holmes met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Rohitha Bo-golla-gama in Colombo before flying to a village south of the war zone to inspect displacement camps overwhelmed by the massive influx of war refugees in recent days. Earlier on Monday, Sri Lankan forces rejected a unilateral ceasefire announcement by the Tamil Tigers and attacked a rebel-held village in the north.

Some 50 thousand civilians are still believed to be trapped in the remaining small area where the conflict is going on.

Editor:Liu Fang