The Sri Lankan military commander of the 57 division that was deployed in Vanni during the final stages of the armed conflict, has been side-lined from an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) event in Australia.
Dias was nominated by Sri Lanka to participate in a ICRC workshop on healthcare in danger situations, which was scheduled to take place, in Sydney, at the end of the year.
In response to the ICRC’s decision to decline Sri Lanka’s offer, the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry, whilst blaming the international community for failed negotiations that preceded the brutal end of the civil war, outlined that the international community continued to humiliate Sri Lanka for standing up to terrorism.