The Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa defended the government's foreign policy yesterday at the opening ceremony of the Galle-Matara Southern Expressway, reports Sri Lanka's Sunday Times.
Making reference to criticisms from the opposition party, UNP that the government's poor foreign policy had resulted in the latest UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, President Rajapaksa said “it is their foreign policy which divided the country,” adding,
“Some say it is due to the failings of our foreign policy that we are in this situation. But we need to tell them, it is because of their foreign policy there was an airdrop of dhal, a foreign army came to the country and our armed forces were confined to barracks. The country remained divided due to the ceasefire agreement they had entered into."
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