SL raises concerns with China over door mat using national flag print
12 March 2021 03:56 pm
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The Foreign Ministry today said that it had called for a full scale inquiry into the sale of non slip doormats on the Amazon site with the print of Sri Lanka's national flag.
The Ministry, in a statement said that following, recent reports on social media platforms of a "Sri Lanka Flag Non-Slip Doormat" which is being advertised for online purchase on the Amazon website, Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage has informed the Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing to contact the manufacturer concerned in China and also has brought to the attention of the Chinese Embassy in Colombo, the advertising of Sri Lanka's national flag as a doormat.
The Sri Lanka Embassy in Washington D.C has also been instructed to follow up on the matter with the advertising platform Amazon. (JAMILA HUSAIN)