French and British foreign ministers, accompanied by several Sri Lankan ministers, secretary to Foreign Ministry and senior officials arrived at the Manic Farm Relief Village today (29) to receive a first-hand assessment of the prevailing sanitary and welfare arrangements. (...) UN sponsored World Food Programme centres, Cooperative shops, and pre-schools inside the IDP centre were inspected by two visiting Foreign Ministers before they spoke to a cross section of the inmates with the help of a Tamil- English interpreter.