(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Ambassador of the United States (US) to Sri Lanka and Maldives, Alaina Teplitz stated that there must be common values among everyone no matter which ethnicity, religion or nationality they belong to and these values are important now more than ever following the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka.
She made this remark during a speech at the Iftar hosted by the US Embassy in Maldives on Sunday (12), raajje.mv reported.
“We must unite in condemning these acts of terror and the extremism and ignorance of a few individuals who do not represent Islam or any faith for that matter,” said Teplitz.
Teplitz encouraged the Maldives to cooperate with all nations to prevent terrorist acts from taking place and stressed that there is ever more need for collaboration between Maldives and Sri Lanka, than there ever was.
“This is the moment for all nations to be reminded of the need to work together. This is something we want to encourage. It can be part of our cooperative and global efforts to get ahead of terrorism,” she said.
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