Sri Lanka’s Deputy External Affairs Minister Ajith Perera has dismissed the award winning documentary ‘No Fire Zone’, which details massacres committed during the final days of the armed conflict on the island, stating that it will not seriously affect the country.
The Sunday Leader spoke to Mr Perera who said the documentary director had “a hidden agenda”, dismissing the launch of the Sinhala version of the film earlier this month.
“They will not get any positive or any additional publicity by showing this,” said Mr Perera adding that the video had no credence.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said that Sri Lanka has “to reject those things,” when asked about the documentary in a visit to London this month.
“I don't believe such things,” he said. “Because we have questions regarding how they obtained all this information to change the situation in our country and to mislead the international community about the situation.”
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