Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris said remarks by Nisha Biswal, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, at the end of a two-day visit on Saturday suggested that she wanted to believe the worst of the regime in Colombo.
"Her observations are indicative of a mindset that solely wants to believe the worst and enthusiastically leaps to conclusions based on tendentious claims," a foreign ministry official quoted Peiris as saying.
Biswal told reporters in Colombo Saturday that the US was concerned about the worsening human rights situation as well as the weakening of the rule of law and an increase in the levels of corruption and impunity in Sri Lanka since a 37-year conflict ended in May 2009.
"All of these factors lead to undermine the proud tradition of democracy in Sri Lanka," Biswal said, adding that Washington was moving a third resolution against Colombo in as many years to nudge the island to improve its rights record.
Biswal said Colombo had failed to ensure reconcil