KATHMANDU: A Sri Lankan minister has apologised to the Nepal government over the false claims that the President of the Himalayan Republic has invited his Sri Lankan counterpart to help build peace in Nepal‚ a Sri Lankan news site reported on Wednesday.
Earlier‚ Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris had time and again claimed that President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav sought help from Mahinda Rajapakse asking him to take up the role of a peace mediator in Nepal during their tête-à-tête in Beijing a few weeks ago.
Both the Sri Lankan and Nepali media had published the news regarding the apparent request. Nevertheless‚ the President’s Office in Kathmandu had rubbished it.
Referring to an unnamed source in Kathmandu‚ the Sri Lanka Guardian said Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera‚ during his recent visit to Nepal pleaded with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to forgive the Sri Lankan government over the false claim‚ suggesting that there was some misunderstanding in the matter. He apparently requested Nepal not to make public the apology note.
“However the Prime Minister advised the Minister to be wary of future false claims as this was not the first time it has happened and was not conducive to diplomatic relations between the two countries‚ either internationally or locally‚” the report filed from Kathmandu said.
SOURCE : http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...over+false+claim+on+Nepal+peace&NewsID=269977
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