Sri Lanka 大臣 楽観的な about 延期するing war-罪,犯罪s 報告(する)/憶測

By David Brunnstrom

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan 外務大臣 Mangala Samaraweera said on Thursday he was 楽観的な about 安全な・保証するing a 延期する in the 解放(する) of a U.N. 報告(する)/憶測 on 申し立てられた/疑わしい war 罪,犯罪s during his country's civil war until the 政府 has had time to 設立する a new judicial 機械装置 to を取り引きする the 主張s.

Speaking to reporters after a 会合 with U.S. 国務長官 John Kerry, whose support is 決定的な to such a 延期する, Samaraweera 強調する/ストレスd the 決定/判定勝ち(する) was one for U.N. High Commissioner for Human 権利s Zeid Ra'広告 Al Hussein and the 大統領,/社長 of the U.N. 権利s 会議.

However, he also said: "I am 楽観的な."

Samaraweera said in Washington on Wednesday the new Sri Lankan 政府 was 捜し出すing to 延期する the scheduled March 25 解放(する) of the U.N. Human 権利s 会議 報告(する)/憶測 until "August ... or so."

Asked if he was 心配するing support from the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs, Britain and 連邦/共和国 countries, he said: "We hope; we 心配する the support of all our friends in the coming months."

The U.N. Human 権利s 会議 投票(する)d last March to look into 報告(する)/憶測s of 乱用s during the civil war that ended in 2009, 説 the Sri Lankan 政府 had failed to 調査/捜査する 適切に.

The 国際連合 概算の in 2011 that about 40,000 民族の Tamil 非軍事のs were killed in the final weeks of the war, most of them by the army. The 政府 of the 大多数 Sinhalese country 拒絶するd that 主張.

Sri Lanka's new 政府, which took 力/強力にする last month, says it is planning a new 国内の 調査 that would bring in some foreign 専門家s if necessary. It has also 招待するd Zeid to visit to discuss the 問題/発行する.

Samaraweera has 控訴,上告d for patience, 説 Sri Lanka was in a period of "壊れやすい 移行" that some 極端論者 elements 手配中の,お尋ね者 to derail.

He said the new 行政 of 大統領 Maithripala Sirisena was "not in a 明言する/公表する of 否定" about 違反s and would 確実にする those responsible were brought to 司法(官).

Samaraweera also said Sri Lanka would start discussions next week with South African 公式の/役人s on 学校/設けるing a "truth-捜し出すing" 機械装置, which would work in 平行の to the accountability 機械装置.

Speaking と一緒に Kerry before their 会談, Samaraweera said Sri Lanka hoped to move 関係 with the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs, which had become "somewhat 緊張するd in the last few years" under former 大統領 Mahinda Rajapaksa, 支援する to "an irreversible 明言する/公表する of excellence."

"For us ... the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs of America is not a 脅し, but a 広大な/多数の/重要な 適切な時期," he said, 追加するing that "the Sri Lankan-U.S. 共同 must take into account the island's 戦略の 場所."

The 部隊d 明言する/公表するs is eager to 支持を得ようと努める Asian countries to counterbalance an ますます powerful and assertive 中国. It had been 関心d by Rajapaksa's closeness to 中国 and his 決定/判定勝ち(する) to 許す Chinese 潜水艦s to ドッキングする/減らす/ドックに入れる in Sri Lanka.

大統領 Barack Obama called Sirisena's surprise 選挙 a "symbol of hope" for 僕主主義. Kerry said Washington was "excited" by a 100-day 計画(する) Sirisena has 発表するd to roll 支援する a dec 広告 of ますます 権威主義者 支配する under Rajapaksa.

The 問題/発行する of the war 罪,犯罪s 報告(する)/憶測 is 推定する/予想するd to be discussed at a 委員会 会合 of the U.N. Human 権利s 会議 on Monday, when a 決定/判定勝ち(する) could be taken.

John Sifton, Asia advocacy director of Human 権利s Watch, said his organization did not …に反対する a 延期する if the U.N. High Commissioner for Human 権利s felt the time could be used productively to produce a better 報告(する)/憶測 and agree on an international 役割 in the accountability 過程.

He said the best-事例/患者 シナリオ would be a 法廷 機械装置 that 含むd international staff with procedural 力/強力にするs, not just as 観察者/傍聴者s. "A 純粋に 国内の 成果/努力 is just not going to work," he said. (報告(する)/憶測ing by David Brunnstrom; Editing by Sandra Maler and Paul Tait)

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