Addressing the gathering, President said after eliminating Tamil Tiger terrorism from entire country, it is the duty of all to shed caste, racial, regional and all other differences and contribute to nation building.

Uppuveli Pradeshiya Sabha Vice Chairman V. Suresh Kumar (TNA), Trincomalee Mayor S. Gowrie Muhundan, TELO Trincomalee district leader Kadiraveli Pillai, present Jaffna leader Arumugan Sri Ranjan and Muthur Pradeshiya Sabha UNP-SLMC group chairman K.M. Thawfik represented the Tamil delegation.

Several Cabinet Ministers including Vinayagamurthy Muralideran and Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga were present at the meeting.