US Congress committee hearing on Sri Lanka

10 Jun, 2016

A US Congress committee on foreign relations has expressed disappointment at President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe?s decision to reject foreign judges in the domestic accountability process on the war.

The views were expressed when the Congress Foreign Relations?Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific met to discuss Sri Lanka.

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