Friday, 29 March 2024
'Foreign policy lost professionalism due to political interference'

'Foreign policy lost professionalism due to political interference' Featured

Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Reforms & Mass Media Karunarathna Paranawithana says that we should march forward as a country respecting Human Rights whether or not foreign nations take up the matter.

Speaking in Parliament yesterday (11), he said that during the previous regime, Sri Lanka's foreign policy had gradually lost its diplomatic professionalism, largely due to party political interferences and political appointments as high commissioners or ambassadors to important countries.

Sri Lanka's foreign policy had been messed up and muddled to such an extent during the previous regime, that we had to face the biggest international diplomatic crisis. Today, a conducive environment had been created at the Ministry, enabling employees to work freely without political interference, he added.

During that period, many countries were hostile to Sri Lanka as a result of our belligerent attitude towards them. Today, several countries who were opposed to us earlier, have now supported our position, he further said.

The deputy minister also said that they have initiated a process of national reconciliation and will be having a domestic mechanism to probe accountability issues and march towards reconciliation.

There is no threat to national security, but communalism is in danger. We request Foreign Ministry officials to educate the international community of our reconciliation in Sri Lanka, he said.

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