The US and Norway have strongly denied claims raised by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse that both countries had funded the election campaign of former Presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka. In a press release the Norwegian Embassy stated; that in reference to the interview of Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse carried by Straits Times 11th February, they wished to point out that the accusations made against Norway were untrue. The Embassy of the United States meanwhile in a press release has also strongly stated that there was ‘no truth to the Sri Lankan Defense Secretary’s claims that the U.S. provided financial support to the opposition candidate in Sri Lanka’s presidential election.’