The United States Secretary of State for South Asia, Nisha Biswal, today warned that patience within the international community would wear thin if the Sri Lankan government failed to take credible steps to address the issue of human rights, accountability and reconciliation.
Speaking to reporters she said,
Speaking to reporters she said,
“The United States and all of our friends across the international community have underscored the need for Sri Lanka to make progress on issues of reconciliation, on issues of accountability and on issues of human rights - ongoing concerns about the political space and human rights in the country.”
“I think that the patience of the international community if real progress is not seen, particularly on issues of accountability , that patience will start to wear thin. And so we urge our friends in Sri Lanka to use the opportunity to show some concrete steps that their own, you know, processes have yielded.”