SL permanent rep to UN hits out at Special Advisors’ joint statement View(s):Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York has criticised two UN Special Advisors who issued a joint statement earlier this month expressing alarm at the “growing acts of violence on the basis of religion” in the country. Sri Lanka has enjoyed hard-won peace and freedoms in the past 10 years after nearly three decades of struggling against separatist terrorism, Dr Perera says. “I am constrained to state that your statement demonstrates a limited understanding of events and is an expression of preconceived opinions. These attacks, mainly against Christians at prayer, form part of global trends of radicalisation and extremism. “Ill-timed statements from responsible authorities will only serve to strengthen the hands of parties with vested interests and extremist elements determined to veer Sri Lanka from the path of peace and development,” he adds.

Source: Sunday Times May 25, 2019 19:23 UTC