Long-standing friendship between Sri Lanka and Philippines will be promoted'

by Shabeeha
Sep 30, 2022

 

Sri Lanka’s president claimed to have received “a rousing welcome” as he met with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos in Manila on Thursday, where they reportedly pledged “the long-standing friendship between Sri Lanka and the Philippines would be promoted by developing Asian regional cooperation”.

During their discussion, the two reportedly spoke of “new approaches” to strengthen ties between their governments.

The two have much in common.

In March last year, the Philippines voted against the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka which mandated for Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to "collect" as well as "consolidate, analyse and preserve” evidence that could be used in future war crimes trials.

Sri Lanka’s former president, and accused war criminal, Gotabaya Rajapaksa thanked the Philippines in a call with his then counterpart Rodrigo Duterte last year.

In 2019, former Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena has discussed reintroducing the death penalty to “replicate the success” of President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called drug war in the Philippines.

 

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