Had we been successful in SL, many lives could've been saved: Solheim

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Norwegian diplomat and former peace envoy to Sri Lanka, Erik Solheim said today that had they been successful in Sri Lanka’s peace process, tens of thousands of lives could have been spared.

Mr. Solheim, who was the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme from 2016 to 2018, said this in response to a tweet.

The first tweet said, “This guy (Erik Solheim) once the major income, nutrition and caregiver to LTTE. Now he is an environmental activist?”

In response, Mr. Solheim said, “This guy worked to promote peace. We worked on the basis of instructions we got from the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE. We worked closely with India and other supporters of the peace process. If we had been successful, tens of thousands of lives could have been spared.”

Comments - 16

Gayan Monday, 10 August 2020 01:38 PM

If this guy was successful, we would be still fighting the war.

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Chitura Monday, 10 August 2020 01:38 PM

Dear Mr. Solheim, it does not matter what you say, the people of Sri Lanka will never belief or see the truth. Especially when a white man tells them, this racist community will probably use the colour of your skin to insult you and shut you down. Because they wrongly think only white people can be racists. They prefer to deal with other dictatorships like China and India, because then they don't have to answer for their deeds. Sri Lanka democratically voted for crooks and digged its own grave. You did your best, don't let the insults get you down.

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aka Monday, 10 August 2020 01:40 PM

If you did what you tried to do, we would still be dying thanks to Mr.Prabhakaran. What you had was a wish that Prabhakaran would give up his weapons and his struggle once he saw the light of democracy.

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Deep Monday, 10 August 2020 01:53 PM

If you want to promote peace do get involved with Middle east man, or are you scared of uncle Sam

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W. Francis Monday, 10 August 2020 01:54 PM

Had you been successful there wouldn't be a Sri Lanka today!

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ravin Monday, 10 August 2020 01:56 PM

Hmmmmm. What we have heard was "any work you do with good intention will be successful. Why don't you recollect your intentions

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Mm Monday, 10 August 2020 02:03 PM

Yeah Right

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John de Kretzer Monday, 10 August 2020 02:11 PM

What are you trying to say now? Are you wanting to supply arms to tge north?

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Sam Munasinghe Monday, 10 August 2020 02:13 PM

This guy can talk from mouth

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rass Monday, 10 August 2020 06:10 PM

please do not involve in a peace process unless otherwise, you have power to control parties involved in peace process. After your peace process, more Tamils have been killed than before the peace process. Your peace process was kind of deceive to Tamils. You gave up Tamils when they were in despair. You simply watched when Tamils were being killed at many fronts. You did nothing to stop the war or bring real peace with parties.

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rass Monday, 10 August 2020 06:14 PM

your peace process helped war criminals in Sri Lanka more than innocent civilians. Your peace process laid foundation for war crimes in Sri Lanka with cover up.

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Chandu Monday, 10 August 2020 06:32 PM

We never had peace but pieces with you guys around.We had the last laugh!

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Gamage Monday, 10 August 2020 06:32 PM

If you succeeded people would be still dying from war on all sides. You are one reason why Rajapaksas became so powerful.

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dickie bird Monday, 10 August 2020 08:20 PM

Jaffna Mothers, Wives, Sisiters, daughters and Sons waiting with their worn out slippers in hand. Solheim, just be aware what you say.

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Karu Tuesday, 11 August 2020 04:35 PM

Some people including you Mr Solheim depend on the money funded by terrorism. where were you when Colombo was continuously bombed by your friend terrorist leader Prabakaren. You could have asked him to drop arms yet you kept funding his terror group. How do you sleep at night Eric? Blood is in your hands.

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SAM FERN Tuesday, 11 August 2020 07:22 PM

Solheim was a traitor who lived on millions of dollars gained from terrorist groups like LTTE.He should be in jail.

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