கோத்தபாயவின் பாய்ச்சல்: பிபிசி விபரிப்பு

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Sri Lanka accuses 'bullying' West

"This is international bullying," Mr Rajapaksa, who is President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother, told the BBC and Reuters.

"We won't be isolated. We have all the Saarc [south Asia Association of Regional Co-operation] countries, the Asian countries."

"Britain, or Western countries, the EU countries, they can do whatever. We don't depend on them. They think that they we get aid. No, they are not giving anything."

"We have to do search operations and when we arrest suspicious people... you don't know who is who," he said.

"We can't arrest 300 people and then detain them," he added.

"So you tell them: 'You don't have any legal business in Colombo, there is a security problem in Colombo, you are the people who are suspected of... we don't want to detain you, go back to your homes.'"

The defence secretary also condemned what he called "double standards".

"All the militaries do covert operations," he said. "When the US does operations they say covert operations. When something is in Sri Lanka they call abductions. This is playing with the words.

"What I am saying is, if there is a terrorist group, why can't you do anything? It's not against a community... I'm talking about terrorists. Anything is fair."

There are a lot of things happening in the UN," he said.

"The UN organisation has taken a lot of locals into the organisation. For 30 years or so the LTTE planned this, they infiltrated the UN. Take most of the local employees and what they feed is completely different."

In light of the recent attacks on aid workers in the country, our concern is for the safety and security of all our staff, particularly nationals who are the backbone of our operations.

"Negative statements can directly impact upon their safety."

The British High Commission in Colombo also denied the defence secretary's allegation of bullying by the international community.

"We want to work with the government of Sri Lanka," a spokesman said.

"There is no question of bullying or double standards, but the situation in the country is deteriorating," he added.

"The international community is worried about the negative trend of developments in Sri Lanka, particularly in human rights, and we are making this clear."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6745553.stm