Colombo (PTI): Sri Lanka has set an example to the whole world by fighting terrorism and establishing democracy in the war-ravaged Eastern part of the country, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka has said.

"The Government which overcame terrorism and established democracy (through the local bodies elections) in the East has set an example in this regard to the whole world," Wickramanayaka told a Pakistan delegation on Friday.

The Prime Minister said the people of the East had reposed their faith in the Government repudiating the LTTE's gun culture which was demonstrated in the just concluded elections.

A ten-member Pakistan delegation of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs is on a four-day visit to the Island country.

The delegation led by Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, Mushaid Hussain Sayed, is participating in a round table titled 'Pakistan in the current regional context'.

Addressing the delegation, the Prime Minister said the Government will take steps to hold the Provincial Council Election in the Eastern Sri Lankan Province.

"It will help in strengthening democracy further among the Eastern polity," he added.

"Moves are under way to implement the APRC proposals by the Government aiming to activate the 13th Amendment,(on devolution)," the Prime Minister said.