China tells International Community:

Don’t complicate Lankan issue

China said Saturday that it believes the Sri Lankan government and people will handle properly problems concerning its war and called upon the International Community not to complicate the issue.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks when asked to comment on a Panel Report on the armed conflict in Sri Lanka published by the United Nations on Monday.

Hong said in a statement that China has already noticed the publication of the report. He said Sri Lanka has already set up its own institutes to investigate relevant issues.

“The Chinese side is confident that the Sri Lankan government and people are able to properly address all relevant issues,” Hong said.

He said China hopes that the international community could provide support and assistance to such efforts by the Sri Lankan government.

“We hope that the International Community could help develop a favourable external environment for the Sri Lankan government to stabilise the country’s internal situation and accelerate economic growth, and avoid taking measures that could further complicate the issue,” Hong said.

Xinhua