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The BBC’s Charles Haviland interviewed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign &#38; Commonwealth Affairs Minister Alistair Burt on 1st February 2013, during an official visit to Sri Lanka which saw the Minister meet with a range of stakeholders including the government, TNA and civil society as well as travel to the North of the country.Since the interview has not been published anywhere else to date, including on the BBC, Groundviews is pleased, with permission, to reproduce it in full below.Read more here.source: Groundviews