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Sri Lanka’s president Ranil Wickremesinghe paid a visit to the Defence Headquarters Complex hours after he was sworn in this morning, where he shook hands with accused war criminals and ceremonially lit a lamp before a statue of the Buddha.
Wickremesinghe was greeted by Kamal Gunaratne, Sri Lanka’s defence secretary and former army commander who was involved in overseeing the Mullivaikkal genocide.
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He also met with Shavendra Silva, an accused war criminal who is barred from entry to the Untied States over his role in executing Tamils. Wickremesinghe previously described Silva as a “friend. “He has helped me a lot,” he said in remarks last year.
See a video of his visit below.
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