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We need an alternative. In the end, they [the US and the West] are not punishing Iran. They are punishing us, small countries.

— Mahinda Rajapaksa

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I say: be fair. Be objective. Don't just come to conclusions based on one-sided "evidence."

If anyone who wants to complain about human rights violations in Sri Lanka, whether it's torture, whether it is rape, we have a system.

All international laws are made by big, powerful countries but applied only on weaker ones like ours.

Reflecting on the work of the UN, matters of a political nature have overridden the most basic issues, which affect the underprivileged and marginalized, who dominate world society.

Discipline is not revenge. The nation can only be built through commitment, discipline and elimination of corruption.

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