{"id":62685,"date":"2019-01-24T22:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T03:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=62685"},"modified":"2019-01-24T22:28:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T03:28:26","slug":"foreign-secretary-ravinatha-aryasinha-summons-british-high-commissioner-james-dauris-and-protests-strongly-against-legal-action-being-taken-by-magistrates-court-in-london-against-former-lankan-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=62685","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha Summons British High Commissioner James Dauris  and  Protests Strongly Against Legal Action Being Taken by Magistrate&#8217;s Court in London  Against Former Lankan Defence Attache Brigadier Priyankara Fernando Despite Enjoying Diplomatic Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Sri Lankan government yesterday strongly protested against British legal action in respect of Brigadier Priyankara Fernando, one-time defence attache with the Sri Lankan High Commission in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well informed sources told The Island that at a meeting held at the Foreign Ministry yesterday afternoon between Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha and British High Commissioner James Dauris, the former raised the issue at hand. <\/p>\n<p>Sources said that the BHC was summoned in respect of the summons by the Magistrate\u2019s Court of Westminster, and the arrest warrant without bail on Brigadier Priyanka Fernando.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Secretary Aryasinha reiterated the GoSL position earlier conveyed by the Sri Lanka High Commission in London through Note Verbal 29 October 2018, that a diplomatic agent enjoys immunity from the criminal, civil and administrative jurisdiction of the receiving state under Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) <\/p>\n<p>It was further pointed out that a diplomatic agent is not required to file a responsive pleading or appear before the Courts or other tribunals of another State and hence is not required to file a response.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Secretary requested that the British High Commission takes necessary steps to ensure a review of the process including the order of the Magistrates Court of Westminster to correct the Court\u2019s misunderstanding of International Law.<\/p>\n<p>This position has also been communicated through our High Commission to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Dauris assured that the GoSL\u2019s concerns would be conveyed promptly to his Government, and that it was his understanding that the warrant against Brigadier Fernando will be withdrawn.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nCourtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton62685\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D62685&amp;text=Foreign%20Secretary%20Ravinatha%20Aryasinha%20Summons%20British%20High%20Commissioner%20James%20Dauris%20%20and%20%20Protests%20Strongly...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lankan government yesterday strongly protested against British legal action in respect of Brigadier Priyankara Fernando, one-time defence attache with the Sri Lankan High Commission in the UK. Well informed sources told The Island that at a meeting held at the Foreign Ministry yesterday afternoon between Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha and British High Commissioner &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=62685\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha Summons British High Commissioner James Dauris  and  Protests Strongly Against Legal Action Being Taken by Magistrate&#8217;s Court in London  Against Former Lankan Defence Attache Brigadier Priyankara Fernando Despite Enjoying Diplomatic Immunity&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62686,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62685\/revisions\/62686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}