The Sri Lankan president rejected foreign aid offers to deal with the recent Upcountry landslides deeming them to be an attempt by international NGOs to gain popularity in Sri Lanka, reports Ceylon Today.
Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Friday, Mahinda Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka would not be accepting foreign relief assistance.
"We will reject assistance from any foreign country, as this is the 'chance' for some NGO's to creep in to gain popularity and we detest that,” he said.
The US Embassy in Colombo offered Sri Lanka the services of the United States Agency for International Development and $50,000 to help with relief efforts on Friday.
Gota orders army to take control of relief centres for displaced Upcountry Tamils (01 November 2014)
NPC looks to adopt orphaned Upcountry children to protect Tamil identity from Sri Lankan state (01 November 2014)
Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Friday, Mahinda Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka would not be accepting foreign relief assistance.
"We will reject assistance from any foreign country, as this is the 'chance' for some NGO's to creep in to gain popularity and we detest that,” he said.
The US Embassy in Colombo offered Sri Lanka the services of the United States Agency for International Development and $50,000 to help with relief efforts on Friday.
Gota orders army to take control of relief centres for displaced Upcountry Tamils (01 November 2014)
NPC looks to adopt orphaned Upcountry children to protect Tamil identity from Sri Lankan state (01 November 2014)