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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7778277" data-attributes="member: 92282">The detained former military commander in Sri Lanka says he is prepared  to meet the special panel appointed to advise the UN chief on alleged  human rights violations in Sri Lanka.Gen Sarath Fonseka told BBC  Sandeshaya that even President Mahinda Rajapaksa had agreed with the UN  to investigate alleged human rights violations during the last phase of  the war. The UN secretary general has set up a panel to look into alleged human  rights abuses during the final stages of Sri Lanka's civil war in 2009. Ban Ki-moon's spokesman said the three-man panel would advise on how to  deal with the alleged perpetrators. Rights groups accuse both sides of war crimes -- a claim which has been  denied.  "I think this committee is a result of that agreement with  President Rajapaksa," Gen Fonseka told BBCSinhala.com. He stressed that any country should take steps to resolve issues with  the international community if there were any question marks over the  conduct of the said country. Rejecting the appointment of the panel, the  government said the panel members would not be allowed to visit the  country. In an interview with Times of India newspaper, President  Rajapaksa had dismissed the panel.     "We should not try to get involved in a conflict with the UN," Gen  Fonseka said. "As a citizen of Sri Lanka, if I get an opportunity to  support such an inquiry, I think we shouldn't hesitate to do that."     The former military commander, who is facing two military trials, says  that the conditions imposed by the European Union to extend the GSP+  facility are fair.   "I don't think it is an intervention in internal  affairs," he said."The EU has demanded the release of political  prisoners -- which includes me," Gen Fonseka added.dailymirror</blockquote>

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