Lanka rebuts US law makers call
19 December 2010 02:49 am
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The Ministry of External Affairs today said that the US lawmakers call for a global probe into alleged rights violations by Sri Lanka in the last stages of the conflict, was “unwarranted”.
“We have a robust domestic mechanism in the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton herself has said the Commission must be given time and space to complete its task,” Ministry of External Affairs Director General of Public Communication and Spokesperson Bandula Jayasekera told Daily Mirror.
"We strongly believe that any conclusions reached by the Sri Lankan government's commissions must be verified by a parallel international mechanism" backed by the United Nations, dozens of senators wrote to Mrs. Clinton.
(DS)