JVP protest against Blake's speech [October 27 2008]

The JVP has condemned remarks made by the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert O. Blake in a speech at University of Madras in Chennai on Friday. A statement issued by the JVP today said the US Ambassador has made a serious statement regarding the national question in Sri Lanka.

"We vehemently oppose this act of interfering in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka," says JVP in a communiqué issued in this regard. Commenting on the statement that the strategic relationship reached between the USA and India could be used for the benefit of Sri Lanka, the JVP says.

"We see this as an outrageous statement made against not only Sri Lanka but against all other countries in the region. As the strategic understanding and relationship reached between the USA and India is intended to spread the US-Indian domination in the Asian region, all countries including Sri Lanka should vehemently oppose such statements and unite to prevent such a maneuver in the region," it said.