{"id":66763,"date":"2019-12-16T19:22:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T00:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=66763"},"modified":"2019-12-17T00:23:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T05:23:35","slug":"swiss-ambassador-to-sri-lanka-hanspeter-mock-meets-president-gotabaya-to-clarufy-position-on-swiss-embassy-local-staffer-incident-we-need-to-overcome-this-situation-of-tension-and-remove-any-misu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=66763","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Ambassador  to Sri Lanka Hanspeter Mock Meets President Gotabaya to Clarify Position on Swiss Embassy Local Staffer Incident. &#8220;We need to overcome this situation of tension and  remove any misunderstanding,\u201d Says Envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>Lahiru Pothmulla<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ambassador of Switzerland in Sri Lanka, Hanspeter Mock, who called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today commented on the Embassy staffer incident and said Switzerland harboured no intention to do any harm to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador called on President Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to work together for the benefit of both countries. Also we need to overcome this situation of tension and to remove any misunderstanding,\u201d the Swiss Ambassador said.<\/p>\n<p>In response, President Rajapaksa explained to the Ambassador the progress of investigations into the incident so far.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very well established by now that the alleged abduction is a total fabrication. Irrefutable evidence such as Uber reports, telephone conversations and CCTV footages point to this fact. The Embassy official must have been compelled by some interested parties to bring myself and my government in to disrepute. It is not clear why the alleged victims acted in such a manner,\u201d President said.<\/p>\n<p>President Rajapaksa said that he saw no wrong in the initial reaction by the Swiss Embassy when this incident was first reported. \u201cIt is justifiable. If a member of its staff is in trouble, the Embassy has to intervene\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>President requested the Ambassador to cooperate with the government to conduct the investigation to its end so that the truth would be emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Conveying warm congratulations to the President over his recent election victory on his and his government\u2019s behalf, the Ambassador said that he especially appreciated President Rajapaksa\u2019s remark that \u201che is the President of all Sri Lankans\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwitzerland is happy that traditional relations with Sri Lanka remain strong and mutually beneficial\u201d the Ambassador said.<\/p>\n<p>First Secretary of the Mission, Sidonia Gabriel accompanied the Ambassador. <\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Daily Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton66763\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D66763&amp;text=Swiss%20Ambassador%20%20to%20Sri%20Lanka%20Hanspeter%20Mock%20Meets%20President%20Gotabaya%20to%20Clarify%20Position%20on%20Swiss%20Embassy...%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>By Lahiru Pothmulla Ambassador of Switzerland in Sri Lanka, Hanspeter Mock, who called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today commented on the Embassy staffer incident and said Switzerland harboured no intention to do any harm to Sri Lanka. The Ambassador called on President Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this morning. \u201cWe wish to work together for &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=66763\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Swiss Ambassador  to Sri Lanka Hanspeter Mock Meets President Gotabaya to Clarify Position on Swiss Embassy Local Staffer Incident. &#8220;We need to overcome this situation of tension and  remove any misunderstanding,\u201d Says Envoy&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\/66763"}],"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=66763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66774,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66763\/revisions\/66774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}