Sri Lankan President : No one has to tell us what to do

29.03.2012

Sri Lanka is ready to walk an extra mile to establish permanent peace in the country through reconciliation and does not need any external guidance, President MahindaRajapaksa said on Wednesday.

Addressing the Expo 2012 here,Rajapaksa said, "Sri Lanka is in the midst of peace won at great sacrifice. We are progressing on the path of peace and reconciliation. Our government is committed to walk that extra mile to establish permanent peace through reconciliation.

"That is our commitment to our people and no one has to tell us what to do," he said in a veiled reference to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution adopted last week that censured Sri Lanka on its human rights record during three-decade-long civil war.

The resolution asked Sri Lanka to work towards expeditious implementation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recommendations.

Sri Lanka dubbed the resolution as devious Western nation action to undermine the island at the behest of the pro-LTTE diaspora.

The government has publicly vowed to ignore the resolution.