CHOGM: Real engagement, or a Sri Lanka PR exercise?
- BY J.S. TISSAINAYAGAM:-13 NOVEMBER 2013
JS Tissainayagam,
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will attend the Commonwealth Summit in Colombo to engage with host nation Sri Lanka. However, while loudly encouraging Commonwealth leaders to engage by attending the Summit, Sri Lanka has in the recent past brushed aside international engagement it perceives as threatening and accommodated only that which boosts its legitimacy at home and image abroad.
m Award (2009).