US concerned about Weliveriya incident
Posted by Editor on August 2, 2013 - 4:27 pm
The United States said that it was ‘concerned’ about the violence in yesterdays protest and urged for restraint from all sides.
Following is the brief statement posted on its website.
The U.S. Embassy is concerned about the violence in yesterday’s protest in Weliweriya, and urges the Government of Sri Lanka to respect the rights of people to protest peacefully, and urges restraint from all sides.
(Courtesy: DM Online)
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stupid……………,look after the city like Detroit.
Hmm ! Looks like USA has some special interest on this matter out of over 170 countries in the world.
There are learned suspicions around that there was an invisible hand behind the incident to create some local havoc to tarnish Sri Lanka’s image.
Did the cat jump out of the sack? I wonder.