President Mahinda Rajapakse said to AFP that Sri Lanka rejected the UN Human Rights Council resolution ordering a war crimes probe, adding that he would instead press ahead with his own reconciliation plan.
“We reject this. This resolution only hurts our reconciliation efforts. It does not help," Rajapakse said.
“But I am not discouraged. We will continue with the reconciliation process I have started.”
Find full coverage of the UNHRC vote and reactions to the resolution mandating the OHCHR to undertake an inquiry here.