Sri Lanka objects to publication of UN report, says it will damage reconciliation process

The Sri Lankan government today objected to the publication and acting on the recommendations made in the report submitted by the Panel of Experts appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to probe accountability issues during the later stages of the three-decades long armed conflict.

India did not force to sign CEPA, says Sri Lanka Minister of External Affairs

Sri Lanka Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris stressed that there was no pressure from India to sign the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
He pointed out that the President had not inked CEPA during his official tour in India despite some were skeptical about the matter.