Sri Lanka has not violated international law - government

Sri Lanka has not done anything contrary to the international law and everything is being done to safeguard the sovereignty of the country, the government said Thursday.


Briefing the media today at the Department of Government Information to announce Cabinet Decisions taken yesterday Minister of Environment and cabinet spokesman Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said Sri Lanka has its own laws and regulations and neither these laws and regulations nor the international laws have been violated at any time.

Speaking of the emergency regulations, the Minister said the government has already relaxed several Emergency Regulations and certain regulations are still required to ensure peace and harmony in the country.

The Minister pointed out that international groups and the local politicians who demand for relaxation of emergency regulations were silent about violation of human rights by the terrorist outfit LTTE, when the country and its people were terrorized by the outfit and denied the human rights to people living under their control.

He said the baseless allegations being made by these groups about human rights violations in the country cannot be accepted.

"People of this country can now freely enjoy their life in any part of this country, whether it is North, East, South, or West and the value and the strength of this freedom will be more evident in the forthcoming New Year season which will be celebrated in all parts of the country," the Minister said.