( January 13, 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) One time the Norwegian moderator of the peace talk between the LTEE and the Government of Sri Lanka, Eric Solheim congratulates newly installed Minister of Foreign Affirs, Mangala Samaraweera.
While writing on his micro block account, Twiiter, he noted as follows; “Congratulations to old friend Mangala Samaraweera as foreign minister SriLanka. Mangala invented "salmoneating busybodies" on us Norwegians.”