Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka is ready to face any challenge to preserve its independence and sovereignty, reported Outlook India magazine.
"Achieving a stable peace has made it possible for the government to secure Sri Lanka's sovereignty, independence and food security thus strengthening its resolve to face any challenge," the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa said at an event in Ratnapura.
According to the magazine, “his reference to food security assumes significance amid speculation that the resolution moved in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva may impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka over its failure to address allegations of human rights violations.”