The US Embassy in Colombo, in a statement on Saturday, asserted that the US remains neutral with regards to the Presidential elections in Sri Lanka and has strongly condemned allegations that they are supporting one side over another.<br/><br/>The statement said they will work with whoever wins the election to strengthen their longstanding partnership and will maintain their support for a peaceful, prosperous and democratic Sri Lanka.<br/><br/>With less than ten days remaining for the Sri Lankan Presidential elections , the United States reaffirmed its hope that the elections are free, fair, credible and without violence.<br/><br/>Meanwhile the Norwegian embassy in Sri Lanka today denied that it was involved in a scandal to fund a government parliamentarian switching sides to support the main opposition challenger.<br/><br/>"The accusation is untrue and totally unacceptable. Norway has never — and will never — interfere in an election in another country," a Norwegian embassy statement said.<br/><br/>National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa, who is supporting President Mahinda Rajapaksa in this election, had charged that Norway had provided a large amount of money to engineer the defection of his colleague M J Muzzamil to the camp of the former Army Chief and opposition Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka.