Against the backdrop of alleged rights violations in the war against the lTTE, British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday made a historic visit to Sri lanka's Northern Province and met Tamil leaders, including the newly-elected Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran.
Hours after the CHOGM summit opened in Colombo, Cameron flew to northern Sri lanka becoming the first foreign leader since 1948 to do so.The Tamils' treatment at the end of the country's civil war dominated the run-up to the Commonwealth summit with the British Prime Minister defying calls for him to boycott the event in protest against alleged human rights abuses.
Cameron has insisted there should be a proper investigation into alleged Sri lankan war crimes in the final months of the conflict which ended in 2009.