A top US diplomat will visit Sri lanka's war-ravaged north tomorrow to hold talks with local officials over alleged war crimes during the last phase of the civil war against the lTTE.
The US Ambassador-at-large at the Office of Global Criminal Justice, Stephen J Rapp, who arrived here yesterday on a week-long visit, will spend two days in the north holding talks with officials and leaders.
This is Rapp's second visit to the island and comes ahead of another US-moved resolution on Sri lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in March.
US officials said Rapp aims to meet government officials, political and civil society leaders to discuss issues focusing on Sri lanka's justice, accountability and reconciliation issues. Two US-moved similar resolutions at the UNHRC and backed by India were adopted at the UNHRC for two years running in 2012 and 2013.