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Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa defiant on rights row
Mr Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka would "take its own time" in probing alleged abuses
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has reacted defiantly to the UK's call for an inquiry into alleged human rights abuses, saying "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones".
He was speaking on the second day of the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka.
British PM David Cameron had urged Mr Rajapaksa to ensure an independent inquiry or face a UN investigation.
The abuses are alleged to have been committed mainly against Tamils since the end of the war in 2009.
President Rajapaksa's response to David Cameron's remarks was not as direct as that of some of his colleagues but he still seemed indignant.
On the other hand, he declined to criticise Mr Cameron for travelling to northern Sri Lanka saying he was "welcome" to do that, even calling their discussions very cordial and friendly. Mr Cameron later said he had held a second round of talks with his host, which showed that the "conversation" was continuing and difficult issues could not be solved in one visit.
But the British prime minister has injected a new dynamic by being the first foreign leader to place an ultimatum for an inquiry before Sri Lanka. Diplomatic tensions will remain high. Mr Rajapaksa defended his own domestic war commission and insisted that international pressure "won't do anything".
Pro-government commentators have pointed to alleged abuses under British colonial rule to suggest Britain has no moral right to criticise Sri Lanka.
And Mr Rajapaksa made an oblique reference to Bloody Sunday, when 13 civilians were shot dead in Northern Ireland by the British army in 1972.
He said some investigations took 40 years to emerge, referring to an inquiry into the shootings which reported in 2010 and laid responsibility for the events on the army.
Mr Rajapaksa also accused his critics of ignoring deaths during the period of the civil war.
"Every day for the last 30 years people were dying... so we have stopped it," he said.
"We will take our time and we will investigate into 30 years of war," he added.
Mr Rajapaksa has said the end of the war has brought peace, stability and the chance of greater prosperity to Sri Lanka.
Basil Rajapaksa, President Rajapaksa's brother and a senior minister in his government, had already rejected Mr Cameron's call for an inquiry, saying it "definitely" would not be allowed to take place.