Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris has said it is a great pity that all of the progress Sri Lanka accomplished during the last four years after the three-decade long conflict ended, is totally ignored.
The Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister told the reporters at the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group news conference in London yesterday that Sri Lanka faced very difficult challenges at the end of the devastating conflict and made significant progress. Resettlement of the internally displaced people, reintegration into society the rehabilitated ex-combatants, how the economy is developing in the North, the holding of elections in the northern province after quarter of a century had all been ignored. It is a great pity that the media assessment is totally lacking in fairness and a sense of balance.
Addressing the law and order situation in Sri Lanka, the Minister said the evidence need to be looked at and decide on the action.
Responding to the Channel 4 journalist on why Sri Lanka is investigating the footage of its 2009 programme if Sri Lanka claims the video is a fake, the Minister said Sri Lanka is prepared to look at anything fairly and objectively but there were very compelling grounds for Sri Lanka to conclude that the video was a fake.
He mentioned the video, which purported to show the summary execution of bound, naked, blindfolded prisoners by Sri Lankan security forces, had been done entirely for political reasons. He also mentioned that this kind of material has a habit of surfacing at a politically critical moment; on the eve of something that is happening that is significant for Sri Lanka. Minister Prof. Peiris emphasized that there is no doubt that this is an orchestrated political campaign.
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