Sri Lanka vehemently rejects Canadian PM’s ‘unsubstantiated’ genocide allegations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka has unreservedly rejected the recent statement issued by the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pertaining to Sri Lanka’s civil war.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka has unreservedly rejected the recent statement issued by the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pertaining to Sri Lanka’s civil war.

On 18 May 2023, Trudeau issued a statement containing ‘outrageous’ claims of genocide relating to the past conflict in Sri Lanka, to which the island nation’s Foreign Ministry responded saying such ‘irresponsible’ statements made by the leader of a nation breeds disharmony in both countries, as opposed to promoting peace.

Issuing a statement in this regard, the Ministry urged Canada and its leaders to refrain from making pronouncements from Canada which promote hatred, misinformation and extremist views, and to cease its unhelpful focus on Sri Lanka based on distorted facts.  

“This runs contrary to the Canadian Prime Minister’s stated objective of ‘safeguarding human rights across the world’”, the statement read.