Designating Karannagoda; Russia hits back at US

Says West should not interfere in other countries affairs

Russia has expressed its displeasure over the US decision to designate former Navy Commander Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda. “Interference in the internal affairs of sovereign countries including Sri Lanka cannot be accepted at all,” Russian Ambassador in Colombo Levan Dzhagaryan yesterday said.  

Addressing a media conference he said that western countries should focus on their own problems.  “We talk about human rights violations in Western countries. They have many more problems. In spite of this, interference in internal affairs of sovereign countries including Sri Lanka cannot be accepted at all,” he said.  “No one has the right to lecture you (Sri Lanka) on what you should do or what should not to do. It is your internal problem,” the ambassador said.  

“There is an English saying. If you live in a house made of glass, don’t throw stones from there,” he also said