‘US aiming to corner Sri Lanka at UN rights session’

Minister Wimal Weerawansa on Monday claimed that US was working to “haul” President Mahinda Rajapaksa before the international court in The Hague over allegations of war crimes.

“The US has got busy collecting signatures to move the resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council session in March”, Weerawansa, the Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities told a public gathering at Matale in the central province. 

“They (US) will frame charges against Sri Lanka for war crimes in order to haul president (Rajapaksa) before the international court in The Hague”, he stressed. 

“The public must stand as one against this US action,” Weerawansa, the leader of the National Freedom Party (NFF) was quoted as saying by PTI. 

Weerawansa’s comments came ahead of the impending Sri Lanka visits by key US officials, Steven J Rapp, the Ambassador at large on war crimes and Robert O’Blake, the Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asian affairs.