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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 13234100" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka will challenge a British Government travel advisory warning  Britons over an upsurge of nationalism, sexual offences and  anti-western rhetoric, a senior official said yesterday. External Affairs  Ministry Secretary Karunatillake Amunugama said they were treating the  matter with utmost seriousness owing to the tone and timing of the  advisory. “We are studying the statement put out by the Foreign and  Commonwealth Office that warns of an upsurge in nationalism and  anti-Western rhetoric and cautioned citizens visiting, working or  residing in the country to be extra vigilant at all times. The note also  advised Britons to stay clear of local demonstrations, while females  moving in single or in small groups were told to be armed with  self-alarm devices as there was a steep increase in rape and sexual  molestation cases. The British Foreign Office stressed that ‘violent crimes against  foreigners are relatively infrequent but at the same time advised  Britons to make arrangements with reputable travel firms when moving  around in the country. “We intend to seek changes to this advisory and the matter will be  taken up with the British High Commission,” Mr. Amunugama said. He said Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner Chris Nonis had also been instructed to discuss the issue with British authorities.“This advisory is ill timed, inappropriate and uncalled for. We believe  that London has been ill advised on the real ground situation in the  country and therefore we will be seeking several clarifications if not a  total withdrawal of the note,” another senior EAM official said. He said that calling on females to arm themselves with self-alarms  only suggested that Sri Lanka was a country of rapists and sadists and  such statements would only encourage other countries to put out similar  travel advisories. He said that in the recent past there had been no attacks on any  westerners in the country and therefore the latest British advisory was  not correct. British High Commission official Sarah Mann said the advisory was  issued by London and it had nothing to do with the mission in Colombo.ST</blockquote>

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