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"We need int'l community's goodwill to carry forward reconciliation efforts"- Minister Peiris
External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris yesterday said that the country needs from the international community goodwill, empathy and time to carry forward the delicate task of reconciliation on which it has embarked.
Speaking in Parliament yesterday (June8), the minister stressed that the country needs not judgemental postures, imposition of impediments and resort to threats, but time and space to carry forward the delicate task of reconciliation. He added that a solution needs to be achieved in keeping with the cultural traditions and value systems specific to each country's situation.
Following is an excerpt of the speech delivered by External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris at the Parliament on Wednesday (08th June, 2011).
'I am happy to inform the House that the extensive discussion we have engaged in make abundantly clear the widespread understanding of, and support for, the position of Sri Lanka.
The Principal basis of this is the belief that Sri Lanka has achieved a daunting task, against overwhelming odds, in defeating terrorism; that the country requires from the International community not judgmental postures, imposition of impediments and resort to threats, but goodwill and empathy and, above all, time and space to carry forward the delicate task of reconciliation on which it has embarked; that solutions have to evolve in keeping with the cultural traditions and value systems specific to each country's situation; and that those who cast the first stone must stand prepared to be judged by the standards which they purport to prescribe for the rest of humanity.