Geneva envoy’s plea to “Sri Lankans abroad”

by admin
Feb 9, 2013

Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha has said that Sri Lankans living abroad should “contribute towards moderating the negative narratives propagated against Sri Lanka – by clarifying genuine concerns and debunking the falsehoods", reported the Daily Mirror.

The ambassador, speaking at independence day celebrations in Geneva, said that "these continue to be challenging times for Sri Lanka, as some, particularly living abroad, either mis-guided or with vested interests, continue to seek to distort the image of Sri Lanka" and that there is a need to "evolve a consensus and desist from seeking to exploit domestic issues as foreign policy issues".

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