The Government of Sri Lanka strongly condemns the killings that have taken place recently in the East and in Colombo. These killings, along with other incidents of violence, such as abductions, forcible recruitment and the recruitment of child soldiers, threaten the ceasefire agreement, and undermine the prospects for peace negotiations to commence. Moreover, these incidents are all clear violations of international human rights norms accepted by the international community.

The Government of Sri Lanka is also deeply concerned that killings continue to be used to deal with political differences, in a context when all communities in the country and the international community have re-iterated their call for political dialogue and peace negotiations.

The Government of Sri Lanka undertakes to fully investigate all such killings, irrespective of the factional identities of the victims and ensure that the law of the land is applied devoid of any discrimination.

Source:
Government Information Department