24 February 2021 12:00 am
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardane, in his statement to the UNHRC yesterday, called for the member states to reject the resolution sought to be moved against Sri Lanka by the elements working against its interests. In his address, he said the need of the hour, in the face of an unprecedented pandemic is solidarity rather than rancour and acrimony arising from divisions within this council.
“In view of the circumstances set out above, we urge that this resolution be rejected by the Council and be brought to closure,” he said.
“Sri Lankan heroic armed forces militarily neutralised the LTTE in 2009 after three decades of conflict. The Sri Lanka Government acted in self-defence to safeguard the unitary state, sovereignty & territorial integrity from the world’s most ruthless separatist terrorist organisation.
The LTTE is the only terrorist organisation in the world which has killed two world leaders: a serving President of Sri Lanka and a former Prime Minister of India extending its terror beyond the borders of Sri Lanka.