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British Prime Minister David Cameron met with Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena at the sidelines of an anti-corruption summit in London yesterday, as they discussed co-operation in tackling financial corruption.
Mr Cameron said the summit, which involved leaders from around the world, “is not just about securing the agreements, it’s been a different kind of events, not having speeches and talking to ourselves, having open challenging conversations asking tough questions”.
The British Premier also stated corruption is “the cancer at the heart of so many of the problems we need to tackle in our world” and said practises such as tax-dodging makes poorer citizens around the world more vulnerable to “poisonous ideology of extremists”.
Mr Sirisena also addressed the summit and said “corruption is one of the factors that promote political violence and other forms of human rights abuses”.
“We note with appreciation the support and cooperation already extended to Sri Lanka by several countries including UK, USA, India and Switzerland as well as the World Bank to strengthen the investigative agencies regarding the stolen assets,” he added. “We are in the process of seeking information and assistance to trace them.”