All the countries with us, except Canada-SL

9 October 2013 01:42 pm Views - 5763

The Sri Lankan Government today conveyed its disappointment at the Canadian government’s refusal to send a high level delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), while claiming that Canada should not use the domestic issues of a country to determine their approach to the Summit.  

The government further stated that Canada was isolated in its decision, as the majority of Commonwealth countries were siding with Sri Lanka.

“Canada is totally isolated in this situation, because all the other countries are with us. We are dismayed by Canada’s attitude, where they are using domestic issues to determine their approach to the CHOGM,” Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris said yesterday during a press briefing on the Commonwealth Business Forum.

He further noted that the Commonwealth was a “voluntary association of sovereign states” and thereby no country had the right to sit in judgment of others. (Dianne Silva)