In Lord Naseby’s concluding remarks on Sri Lanka in the Queen’s Speech debate in House of Lords (7/1/20), he compares Gotabaya Rajapaksa with Boris Johnson – “We’ve now got two new leaders, one here in the UK with the drive, determination and commitment and you have an almost identical philosophy in the newly elected Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a man of proven leadership ability with an agenda to keep the peace, to keep an inclusive policy for minorities etc. I see huge opportunities for trade – my noble friend Lord Sheikh raised some of them, I concur with those. There is a huge opportunity but only…ONLY if the UNHRC project is wound up. I say to the house and my noble friend on the front bench – this year is the year for UK to have faith in Sri Lanka and its newly elected executive president.”
VIDEO (Full speech): https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/e7c99809-9b46-4c43-8698-2b32d61519a4?in=21:46:07&out=21:51:15
