Sri Lanka’s government has been reaching out to the country’s influential Tamil diaspora with the aim of building minority support and boosting its international standing. But the contentious strategy holds risks for the government’s survival ahead of parliamentary elections next week.
The ruling coalition led by President Maithripala Sirisena—which took office after his predecessor, Mahinda Rajapaksa, was voted out of office in January—is in the difficult position of trying to promote reconciliation...
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