Sri Lanka: ADB, JBIC, World Bank to Visit Tsunami Affected North East

Contacts:

Colombo:
ADB: Chamila Goonetilleke, (94-1)238-7055

cgoonetilleke@adb.org

JBIC: Shinya Ejima, (94-1)230-0470

s-ejima@jbic.go.jp

Chulie de Silva, (94-11) 5561323

cdesilva@worldbank.org;

Washington DC:
Karina Manasseh, 202-473-1729
kmanasseh@worldbank.org

COLOMBO, January 12, 2005 - The country directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank and senior officers of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), will visit the North East on 13 January as a part of the ongoing coordinated needs assessment for rebuilding the tsunami affected parts of Sri Lanka.

The team of officers will meet Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s political chief, S.P. Thamilselvan and will visit the much affected Mullaitivu to assess first hand the damage to the area.

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For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/tsunami or www.worldbank.org/lk