"A priority for us is the creation of more jobs that will minimise poverty and provide for prosperity for all Sri Lank…"

"It was not clear how many of them were killed by the (Lankan) army or whether the LTTE had moved the people to the wa…"

"Interviewer: Prime Minister, it's 6 years, since the war, and there is still no investigation."

"Ranil Wickremesinghe: We are putting together the mechanisms of accountability and reconciliation. By me or so, when …"

"Interviewer: The critical issue as far as the international community and indeed I think as far as the Tamils are con…"

"The Indian ocean is in need of a mutually benefiting security architecture established on a multilateral basis"

"We are looking at how power sharing takes place within the Constitution."

"Gordon Fairclough (Reporter of Wall Street Journal): So under the new government, do you plan to relook at the countr…"

"Ranil Wickremesinghe: We recognize the People's Republic of China, as it was established. We signed one of the first …"

"…religion frees people from the worship of secular values and authoritarian state power. I know this from experience.…"