Brussels, 29/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - The EU has welcomed the lifting of the state of emergency in Sri Lanka as an important step towards the return to normality. In a statement published on Friday evening, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton says that “the announcement by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Parliament on Thursday 25 August that his government does not intend to prolong further the emergency regulations in force for many years in Sri...