The visiting Foreign Secretary, Mrs. Nirupama Rao on Monday disclosed that India has conveyed to the Sri Lankan President its desire to open a Consulate General in Jaffna to help the people of the peninsula and to see the connectivity to south India restored<br/><br/>At an informal interaction with the Indian media contingent here at the end of her three day official visit Mrs. Rao said in the course of her nearly two hour long interaction with the Sri Lankan President, Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa she welcomed the relaxation of movement restrictions on the war displaced Tamil civilians and expressed the hope that the resettlement process could be expedited, especially in Killinochchi and Mullaithivu, so that the IDPs could resume normal lives in their original places of habitation.<br/><br/>The Foreign Secretary chose the occasion to congratulate Mr. Rajapaksa President on his electoral victory and underlined that the elimination of terrorism and holding of elections provided Sri Lanka with a historic opportunity to initiate a process of political reconciliation where all communities in Sri Lanka can live in peace and harmony.<br/><br/>Mrs. Rao said that the response of the President to the Indian desire for a Consular General office in Jaffna was positive. A few weeks ago the Foreign Minister of the island nation, Rohitha Bogollagama had indicated that the Government would have no reservations if India decided to have consulate offices in other parts of the country.<br/><br/>The Foreign Secretary further said that she formally extended an invitation to the President to visit India and he had agreed to travel to India sometime after the April 8 general election. According to official sources the exact dates of his visit would be worked out in the due course of time.<br/><br/>In the course of her visit Mrs. Rao also met the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, the Foreign Secretary, the Senior Advisor to the President Basil Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, In addition, she also met representatives of leading political parties, including Tamil and Muslim parties.