Sri Lanka: War Crimes
(asked on 26th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his US counterpart on the introduction of travel restrictions on high-level Sri Lankan Government officials accused of war crimes.
This question was answered on 9th March 2020
We note the decision of the US authorities to introduce travel restrictions on the Commander of the Sri Lankan Army. We have not made formal representation to the US Government on this matter. UK and US officials are in regular contact on human rights and accountability issues in Sri Lanka.