Xinhua, 17 Nov 2013
Singapore vowed not to "take sides " on Sri Lanka's human rights issue, the official news portal reported Sunday.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa that more time is needed to heal wound after a prolonged war ended.
"We are observers and don't take sides," said Lee.
Sri Lanka has been under intense scrutiny over alleged human rights abuses during the last phase of the three-decade conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels which ended in 2009. Full story