18 April 2013-President Mahinda Rajapaksa has assured diplomats from Muslim countries that the Government will not tolerate anyone perpetrating acts to create communal or religious disharmony in Sri Lanka, the President’s office said.
He had given the assurance when he met a delegation comprising 15 diplomatic heads of Islamic countries based in Sri Lanka.
The President’s office said that the meeting took place to discuss various matters of mutual interest in the domestic and international arenas.
The President has said that if anyone has proof and evidence of attempts to create religious disharmony they should hand over that information and action would be taken promptly.
Diplomatic heads from Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar took part in the meeting.
Minister G.L.Peries, Anura Priyadharshanayapa, Rauff Hakeem, parliamentarians A.H.M. Azwer, President Secretary Lalith Weerathunga and the secretary of the minister of external affairs Karunathilaka Amunugama were also present at this discussion.
