Labour’s Shadow International Development Secretary, Mary Creagh, reiterated her support for an independent international investigation into events at the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka and pledged to continue applying pressure to secure peace and reconciliation for all communities in Sri Lanka.
In a press release made after meeting Tamil constituents of Ilford North with Labour’s parliamentary candidate Wes Streeting, Ms Craegh , on Thursday, said,
“My meeting with Wes Streeting and members of the Tamil community in Ilford reinforced to me the sense of frustration and despair felt by the Tamil people about previous failures to make progress on the independent international investigation into war crimes during the civil war in Sri Lanka. Ed Miliband has pressed President Sirisena on the need for an independent international investigation into the events of the civil war. I was able to reinforce our commitment that the next Labour government will continue to apply pressure to secure peace and reconciliation for all the communities of Sri Lanka. I know this is something that Wes Streeting will campaign on as Ilford North’s Labour MP”
Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Ilford North, Mr Streeting added,
“We must not let the promise of an independent international inquiry become yet another broken promise to the Tamil people, who have waited too long for truth and justice. As Ilford North’s MP, I will press the international community to act in hope of peace and reconciliation for all peoples in Sri Lanka.