The Sri Lankan prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, is to hold talks in Japan with his counterpart, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reports The Japan Times.

The meeting is likely to take place on October 5, the paper reported.

Prime Minister Abe is also to hold talks with the French and Turkish prime ministers.

The Global Tamil Forum cautiously welcomed the tabled UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka, stating that it is of the view it will lead to “a credible accountability process with substantial international involvement”.

“The GTF has consistently called for an international accountability mechanism, and though the tabled resolution falls short, still we view that the proposed resolution can lead to a credible accountability process with substantial international involvement,” said the GTF.

“We note that implementing the resolution and the recommendations of the OISL report of the High Commissioner will be the real test of progress, and not merely words,” it added. “Victims of Sri Lanka’s brutality have heard far too many words, and now deserve credible actions.”

See the full text of the statement below

Australia has co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution calling for accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sri Lanka during the end of the armed conflict, reports AAP.

In a statement on Sunday, the foreign minister Julie Bishop said that if the resolution is implemented effectively it “would provide Sri Lanka a platform to heal the wounds of war crimes committed during the nation's civil conflict”.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs said it hoped for justice in Sri Lanka and remained hopeful that a resolution would pass with the consent of the Sri Lankan government at the UN Human Rights Council later this week.

"As far as India is concerned, we naturally support the quest for justice,” said MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup. “At the same time we are respectful of Sri Lanka's sovereignty,” he added. “We are hopeful that a way will be found where both these points and objectives can be met."

"Our expectation at this point is that hopefully it will be a consensus resolution which everyone will be able to pass unanimously and it is something which will be acceptable to the Government of Sri Lanka also," Mr Swarup stated.

The Sri Lankan security foreces headquarters in the Eastern province saw the opening of a new Corporals’ Club and OR’s Mess earlier this month.

On September 19th, the military held a ceremony to mark the opening of the newly constructed buildings “fulfilling a long requirement of the other ranks serving the 233 Brigade,” stated an official army website.

The buildings were constructed by Sri Lankan soldiers.

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa says there are several areas of concern in the text of the consensus resolution tabled at the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday.

Mr Rajapaksa said in a statement, the first paragraph encouraged the government to implement the recommendations of the OISL report, which called for a hybrid accountability mechanism and demilitarisation of the Tamil provinces.