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Like India said, 13A should be implemented: Sri Lanka president

13th Amendment is for devolution of power to the Tamil community

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Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: Twitter @RW_UNP

Press Trust of India Colombo
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said his government is hoping to fully implement the 13th Amendment to its ­Constitution as mooted by India to facilitate unity among all the communities so that they could live as one.

India has been pressing Sri Lanka to implement the 13th Amendment which was brought in after the Indo-Sri Lankan agreement of 1987.

The 13A provides for the devolution of power to the Tamil community.

President Wickremesinghe while addressing the nation-al Thai Pongal festival — a ceremony

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