Donors end meet pledging $ 4.5b for rebuilding Lanka

The amount includes one billion dollars each from Japan and the Asian Development Bank and 293 million dollars from the European Union (EU).

"This tangible contribution is a vote of confidence in Sri Lanka," said Japan's envoy Yasushi Akashi during the conference closing ceremony.

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Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the aid pledged would "lay the foundation for realisation of our goal of a peaceful Sri Lanka in which all people could live in harmony, peace and dignity."

In exchange for their support, donors will make periodic reviews of the progress of the peace process, they said in the final declaration.

"In view of the linkage between donor support and progress in the peace progress, the international community will monitor and review the progress in the peace process," it said.

Full compliance with the cease-fire agreement, effective protection of human rights, and the conclusion of an agreement between the government and rebels on a verifiable "de-escalation, de-militarisation and normalisation process" are among the conditions for the release of the promised aid, the declaration said.