Lanka tells UN hands off

24 May 2010 09:29 am

Sri Lanka has asked UN Chief Ban Ki-moon not to interfere in its internal affairs and not to go ahead with the probe into alleged war crimes by its army against the defeated LTTE, amidst an international clamor by rights groups for an independent inquiry.

"...There is no justification legal or moral for this step (UN probe) to be taken at this time," Foreign Minister G L Peiris told PTI ahead of his maiden meeting with Ban today.

"Don't complicate matters at this stage.  It's not going to do any good.  It has the potential of doing real harm in a situation where the government of Sri Lanka, against overwhelming odds,  is trying to move the processes forward," he said.  (PTI)