No threat of SL losing GSP + – Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena yesterday said that there was no threat of Sri Lanka losing the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) concession.

Speaking to the media after participating in a ceremony held at Malapalla in Kottawa to plant coconut saplings, the Minister said that the fears of the European Union Commission withdrawing Sri Lanka’s access to the GSP+ concession were propagated by anti-government forces.

“These stories of EU withdrawing the GSP Plus are propagated by the very same people who were lobbying for the prosecution of our war heroes in international courts through the Human Rights Commission. We have initiated talks with the EU and I can assure you that there is no threat of Sri Lanka losing the GSP plus concession,” the Foreign Minister said.