Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has praised Sri Lanka’s historic role in Japan’s postwar recovery, recalling a powerful speech by former President J.R. Jayewardena at the 1951 San Francisco Peace Conference. Speaking after talks with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Tokyo, Ishiba said Jayewardena’s words calling for reconciliation and compassion helped pave the way for Japan’s return to the international community. At the Peace Conference, Jayewardena quoted the Buddha, declaring, “Hatred ceases not by hatred, but by love.” His appeal, Ishiba said, became a turning point in Japan’s postwar reintegration. “Such actions by Sri Lanka laid the foundation…
Japanese PM recalls JR Jayewardena’s historic 1951 speech in talks with AKD
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