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Sri Lanka: Religious Freedom

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 131932, tabled on 12 March 2018

Question

Wes Streeting
Labour
Ilford North
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Sri Lanka on violence perpetrated against Sri Lanka's Muslim minority.

Answer

Mark Field
Conservative
Cities of London and Westminster
Commons

Answered on

15 March 2018

​I am deeply concerned by the recent inter-communal violence in Sri Lanka and I wrote to Foreign Minister Marapana on 7 March setting out the British Government's views. We support the Government of Sri Lanka's action in swiftly bringing the violence to an to end and urge it to hold the perpetrators to account. It is vital that all leaders in Sri Lanka condemn violence and hate, and make every effort to promote harmony.

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