{"id":148710,"date":"2025-03-26T16:15:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=148710"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:15:18","slug":"sri-lanka-condemns-uks-unilateral-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/03\/26\/sri-lanka-condemns-uks-unilateral-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka condemns UK&#8217;s unilateral sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Foreign Ministry has condemned the UK government&#8217;s decision to impose sanctions on four Sri Lankans, calling it a &#8220;unilateral action&#8221; that complicates the ongoing national reconciliation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry stated that Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath conveyed Sri Lanka&#8217;s position to British High Commissioner Andrew Patrick during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry referred to the UK Foreign Commonwealth &amp;amp; Development Office&#8217;s (FCDO) press release dated March 24, which announced asset freezes and travel bans on three former military commanders and a former minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka&#8217;s foreign ministry said it is also noted that the UK FCDO Press Release refers to a commitment made during the election campaign to ensure those responsible are not allowed impunity;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this regard, the Ministry said it wishes to underline that this is a unilateral action taken by the UK government which involves an asset freeze and travel ban on the individuals concerned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such unilateral actions by countries do not assist but serve to complicate the national reconciliation process underway in Sri Lanka, the ministry said in the statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emphasizing Sri Lanka&#8217;s ongoing efforts to strengthen domestic mechanisms for accountability and reconciliation, the ministry asserted that past human rights violations should be addressed through local processes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News The Foreign Ministry has condemned the UK government&#8217;s decision to impose sanctions on four Sri Lankans, calling it a &#8220;unilateral action&#8221; that complicates the ongoing national reconciliation process. The ministry stated that Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath conveyed Sri Lanka&#8217;s position to British High Commissioner Andrew Patrick during a meeting at the Ministry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}