Sri Lanka denies allegations in Canadian parliament, says 'no genocide'

The government of Sri Lankan, refuting the allegations of genocide of Tamils made the Canadian parliamentary motion, has slammed the move to recognize May 18 as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day.

In a statement, the Sri Lankan government said it “categorically rejects the blatantly false allegation of genocide” contained in the relevant parliamentary motion.

This contradicts the official position of the Canadian Government that “it has not made a finding that there was genocide in Sri Lanka,” the statement read further.