The External Affairs Minister has emphasized that Sri Lanka will not support any probe of Navanetham Pillay as mandated by a UN Resolution.
Addressing the Foreign Correspondents Association Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said the Government had not accepted the UN investigations due to concerns over its legality, fairness, and some conflict of interest issues.
The Minister emphasized that where the Government is required to do anything to support the investigation or to participate in it, the Government will not do that. No one will be allowed to come to the country without the cooperation of the Government.
Sri Lanka maintains that the probe mandated by the Resolution adopted by the UNHRC requesting the UN High Commissioner’s office to undertake a comprehensive independent investigation into alleged serious human rights violations and crimes by both the Government and the LTTE during the seven years from 2002 to 2009 is an unnecessary and unethical intrusion into the island nations’ sovereignty.
The External Affairs Minister has however not ruled out the possibility of the Government allowing anyone to give evidence to such an investigation since according to the Minister, there could be various views from different people.
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