The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka has unreservedly rejected the reference to a Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day by the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on July 23.

A statement by the MFA has said, “Canada’s continued reference to a false, distorted narrative of the past conflict in Sri Lanka is aimed solely at achieving local vote-bank electoral gains, and is not conducive to broader goals of communal harmony.”

“Sri Lanka urges Canada and its leaders to support Sri Lanka in its efforts to ensure stability, progress, peace and reconciliation among all communities in all parts of Sri Lanka, as well as among communities of Sri Lankan heritage overseas,” it adds.