There is an international plan to isolate Sri Lanka economically and destabilise the government, said the minister for external affairs whilst adding that a ‘biased’ United Nations investigation into wartime atrocities would not deliver justice.

In an interview with the Sunday Leader GL Peiris, said that there was “a concerted effort to get rid of a strong government,” and argued that ‘pro-LTTE’ diaspora were working with international actors to destabilise the country.

“So it all adds up to a complete and coherent picture. And connected with that is the plan to isolate the country economically,” said Peiris commenting on statements made by the Global Tamil Forum on Aljazeera and alleged reports of international evidence gathering “with regard to command structure of the armed forces.”

Condemning international engagement with the Tamil diaspora, Peiris said,

“How would the receiving country feel if our Ambassadors or High Commissioners cohabited with people who are conspiring to destabilise those societies? They also need to be sensitive to the security concerns of the host government. The frequency of contact, the manner of contact, all of that is relevant. What should be avoided is a perception of political partisanship in the public mind. And it is because the line has been blurred in several instances that these problems have arisen and we have had frank discussions with the missions concerned about our own concerns regarding these matters.”

Peiris added that the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) into Sri Lanka was “not a proper investigation at all” describing it as a forgone conclusion that was ‘political’ and ‘biased.’