Sri Lanka has rejected a move by a court in the United States to summon President Mahinda Rajapaksa over a US $ 30 million damages suit against him. The summons, first delivered to ‘Temple Trees’ but not accepted there, was later received by the Ministry of Justice.

Sri Lanka has accused Britain’s Channel 4 Television of not providing the government with a copy of the video titled ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ but assured that it is ready “to constructively engage” with the UN Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions.