Colombo: The government has decided to hold talks with other countries to address current divisions within the United Nations over the Iraqi issue.
The government points out that a host of countries led by the United States is taking action against Iraq outside the UN, putting strong pressure on the world body. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe told the Cabinet on Wednesday that the depletion of the world body’s strength did not augur well.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry in Colombo said that Iraq had been consistently urged to destroy all alleged weapons of mass destruction coming within the ambit of UN Security Council resolutions. It said in a press release that Sri Lanka is deeply disappointed over the war in the Middle East and that it hopes for a quick end to the crisis.
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