June 29, Colombo: The United Kingdom wants an open and honest relationship with Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka must achieve progress on accountability by the end of year, Alistair Burt, Foreign Office Minister for South Asia said in an op-ed statement.
While commending Sri Lanka for ending the war with the Tamil Tiger terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and ending the "barbaric tactics of the LTTE, who pioneered modern day suicide bombing and forcibly recruited child soldiers," the Foreign Office Minister says the UK government is deeply concerned about the war crime allegations detailed in the UN Experts Panel report and in documentary footage authenticated by independent experts.
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