The Sri Lankan government has strongly condemned the assassination of Pakistani former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement released to the media on Friday that the government condemned in the strongest terms the brutal attack on the life of Ms. Benazir Bhutto, a South Asian leader who successfully stood up for democracy.
"This brutal assassination, underlines the need for the absolute commitment to fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, in order to make it unacceptable in civilized society," said the statement.
"The government and the people of Sri Lanka express their condolences to the family of Ms. Bhutto and to the government and the people of Pakistan, in this hour of grief," the statement added.
Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a gun and bomb attack as she left an election rally in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi.
Source: Xinhua/
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