COLOMBO, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena called on parties and scholars Friday to join in the efforts to strengthen reconciliation and support the new constitution to solve issues in the island nation.
"If we cannot strengthen reconciliation among all communities it is a massive disaster," President Sirisena said.
"The root cause of many of the wars, conflicts and bloodshed in world history has been mostly language, religious, racial and cast differences."
He said that politicians attempting to become "so-called patriots and heroes" have never attempted to find solutions to genuine issues of the people.
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