Britain’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka John Rankin said on Wednesday that Prime Miinster David Cameron will use his visit to Sri lanka next month to pressure the government to make “concrete progress” on human rights issues and accountability for war crimes.
"The British government will come with a clear message that Sri Lanka needs to make concrete progress on human rights, reconciliation and a political settlement," Rankin told the Foreign Correspondents' Association in Colombo.
"The end of the physical conflict was of course only the beginning," he said, adding that the next tasks are "accountability that arose from events during the conflict and to achieve lasting reconciliation between Sri Lanka's communities."
The TNA’s Suresh Premachandran said the alliance wanted Cameron to visit Jaffna.
"We want to welcome Prime Minister Cameron to Jaffna (the capital of the former war zone) so he can see for himself and meet the thousands who lost their children," he told AFP.
"We want Britain and the CHOGM to take up accountability as a main issue."
Another TNA MP, MA Sumanthiran said on Monday that the party is against the hosting of CHOGM in Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile Clarence House has announced that Prince Charles will visit India before travelling to Sri Lanka, where he is standing in for the Queen as the head of the Commonwealth.