British Prime Minister David Cameron defends his decision to attend a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka.
The Canadian and Indian Prime Minsters have pulled out of the upcoming summit over allegations of abuses against ethnic minority Tamils since the end of the civil war four years ago.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, DAVID CAMERON, SAYING:
"India, Canada, Britain; We all have the same approach to Sri Lanka, which is that we want to see greater efforts of reconciliation, we want to see better efforts on human rights, we want to see proper enquiries into what happened at the end of that dreadful civil war. So, there is a lot of difference in the policy."
Human Rights Watch say dozens of cases of abuse have been documented, including rape while under detention.
During a business forum ahead of the summit, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa answered critics by advising they show some respect.
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