US Embassy in Colombo refuses to remove tweet on army shelling of Tamil civilians

The US Embassy in Colombo reiterated today, that a previously posted tweet holding the Sri Lankan army accountable for the shelling of Tamil civilians would remain unchanged, despite Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry requests for it to be removed.

The BBC's Charles Haviland said that the US embassy had confirmed to the BBC that it was the "official gov stance".

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