Colombo - Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shiva Shankar Menon Thursday laid out plans with Sri Lankan leaders for the early resettlement of an estimated 250,000 civilians displaced in the just-concluded civil war, the Presidential Office in Colombo said.

The visit to Sri Lanka by the two Indian officials was the first official-level visit from any country after the military ended against Tamil rebels and the government declared victory over the rebels on Tuesday.

Narayanan and Menon called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday after meeting with Tamil political parties.

"Both sides emphasized the urgent need to resettle the displaced in their villages and towns of habitation and to provide to them necessary basic and civil infrastructure as well as means of livelihood to resume their normal lives at the earliest possible," a joint statement from the two countries said.

"The government of Sri Lanka indicated that it was their intention to dismantle the welfare villages at the earliest and outlined a 180-day plan to resettle the bulk of the displaced to their original places of habitation," the statement said, referring to the government-run refugee camps.

India pledged to provide all possible assistance in de-mining, provision of civil infrastructure and reconstruction of houses.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due in Sri Lanka late Friday night on a two-day visit in which he will meeet President Rajapaksa and visit the displaced in their camps.

Government troops killed more than 450 rebels in the final battle on Sunday and Monday including the leader of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillai Prabhakaran, to end the fighting and the 25-year-old war.

As street celebrations continued for the fourth consecutive day, Rajapaksa appealed to the public not to hurt "anyone's feelings," an obvious reference to the minority Tamil community.

"Ensuring that the nation's outpouring of joy at the defeat of terrorism, leaves no room for anyone's feelings to be hurt in any manner is the greatest tribute we can pay to our motherland," Rajapaksa said in a statement.(dpa)