Both China and the Russian Federation are extending strong support to Sri Lanka on her demand that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon desists from publishing the damaging report of his advisory panel on accountability issues relating to the final phase of Sri Lanka’s 30-year war against terrorism, External Affairs Minister G.L. Pieris said yesterday.
Ambassador Vladimir. P. Mikhaylov Friday met Pieris and conveyed his government’s position to the minister while Chinese Ambassador Mme. Yang Xiu Ping has also consistently assured the minister that Beijing considers the matters raised by the Ban Panel as local issues adequately handled by the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission.
These positions have been conveyed by both China and Russia at a meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Security Council held in New York on Monday, Pieris said.
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