Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera met with British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Minister for Asia and the Pacific, Alok Sharma, on the sidelines of the 34th Session of the UNHRC in Geneva, a statement from the ministry said.
Foreign Minister Samaraweera briefed Minister Sharma on recent developments with regard to the reconciliation process in Sri Lanka.
Addressing the High-Level segment of the 34th Session of the UN Human Rights Council yesterday in Geneva, Minister Sharma welcomed Foreign Minister Samaraweera's constructive engagement in Geneva.
" We must give Sri Lanka time to fully implement the October 2015 resolution and post-conflict measures required to embed stability, reconciliation and justice." Minister Alok Sharma noted following brief bilateral discussion.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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