UN Secretary General Kofi Annan visited Sri Lanka's Tsunami ravaged areas
Saturday.
Accompanied by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and the visiting
Head of the World Bank James Wolfenshon, Annan, who arrived in Sri Lanka on
Friday, visited the southern port town of Hambantota, Sri Lanka Broadcasting
Corporation said.
He visited relief centers and talked to people before flying tothe eastern
port town of Trincomalee to view the Tsunami devastation in the eastern
province's coastal line.
Meanwhile the pro-Tamil website Tamilnet accused the Colombo government of
prevailing upon the UN chief not to visit the rebel controlled northern
province.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels have called for direct
international relief for their areas blaming the Colombo government of not
sending enough relief supplies.
Sri Lanka's eastern and southern coastal belts were devastated by Tsunami
tidal waves on Dec. 26, 2004.
Over 30,000 people died in the country's worst natural
disaster.