The UK has no right to accuse Sri Lanka of not doing enough to address accountability of the war, said Sri lanka's deputy external affairs minister Neomal Perera on Tuesday after the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office released a report on Monday concluding that significant progress was still needed.
Perera said,
"How can they say we have not done enough? On what basis are they saying that?"
"The Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) handed over its final report only in December last year so how can the UK report say we did not do enough to address the issues mentioned. We have started addressing them now and some of the recommendations of the LLRC are also being implemented."
"We are still in May and October is a long way ahead. They cannot prejudge us when we still have time in our hands and are already working on most of the issues."
