Sri Lanka today rejected the draft resolution of United States on Human Rights at Geneva and has expressed its intention to call for a vote on the resolution.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister G L Peiris wrote to his counterparts of HRC member countries, saying that drawing disproportionate attention to Sri Lanka’s situation and introducing a resolution that seeks to discredit, single out and humiliate the country are unhelpful and counterproductive to the reconciliation process.

According to a statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry of Sri Lanka, the precedent created by intrusive, biased and politicized actions such as the US sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka would pose a danger for all nations.

The release adds that Sri Lanka rejects the new resolution and would request a vote when the draft resolution is taken up at the Human Rights Council on March 21.