The Sri Lankan government has sharply rebuked the British Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Hugo Swire, whilst rejecting the notion of a resolution being brought before the United Nations Human Rights Council in March 2014.
The comments by External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunathilake Amunugama, come after Swire spoke in the British Parliament, telling the house that Sri Lanka was regularly discussed with the UK's international partners and the contents of a resolution were being discussed.
Amunugama spurned Swire’s comments, telling the Sunday Leader,
“The British Minister has made these comments before. We outright reject their utterances on the resolution. We have strength and courage, and we standby what we say – that the army did not commit human rights violations”.
See our earlier posts:
'Any investigation must be internationally accepted' - UK (20 December 2013)
UK will 'build international support' for March 2014 (08 December 2013)