Sri Lanka ruling party secretary hits out at UN Chief and some Western nations

Maithripala Sirisena, the General Secretary of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and senior Minister accuses several unnamed Western countries for conspiring against the island nation.



In an exclusive interview with the state-owned Sinhala daily The Dinamina today, the Minister said that the countries that tried to trap Sri Lanka amidst war are now speaking against it. He also said that there is a massive conspiracy behind the suspension of GSP Plus tariff concessions by the European Union.
Commenting on the panel appointed by the UN Secretary to advise him on the war crime charges against Sri Lanka, Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that the UN Secretary's move would be a failure since UN is not just him but all the member nations.
The Minister pointed out that Russia, China, India and the non-aligned nations have come to the support of Sri Lanka.
"Those who speak about the human rights in Sri Lanka, avoid speaking about war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan," the Minister charged.