SL rejects alleged genocide motion adopted at Canadian parliament
The Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka has noted that the Sri Lnakan government ‘categorically rejects the blatantly false allegation of genocide’ contained in a parliamentary motion adopted in the Parliament of Canada.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry states as follows :
Media Statement
Sri Lanka rejects motion on alleged genocide adopted in Canadian Parliament
The Government of Sri Lanka notes with regret the adoption of a motion in the Canadian Parliament on the alleged genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka and recognizing May 18 as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. The Government categorically rejects the blatantly false allegation of genocide contained in the parliamentary motion with reference to Sri Lanka, which contradicts the official position of the Canadian Government, i.e., that “it has not made a finding that there was genocide in Sri Lanka.”
It is recalled that the Canadian Government has been briefed at the highest level of the actual situation in Sri Lanka during the end stage of the conflict, which entailed the conduct of a humanitarian operation by the Sri Lankan Government to save its population in the former conflict zones, while taking appropriate action to defeat LTTE terrorism. Today, 13 years since the end of the conflict, Sri Lanka has made significant progress in its process of reconciliation which is ongoing, and on which the Canadian Government has been regularly apprised.