PM Netanyahu Meets with Sri Lanka External Affairs Min. Prof. G.L. Peiris

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Wednesday, 27 February 2013), met
with Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris
http://www.mea.gov.lk/index.php/media/3879-israel-firmly-committed-to-sri-lankas-economic-development-president-of-israel-tells-prof-peiris-
and told him: "Welcome to Israel; it’s an opportunity to strengthen the
relationship between Sri Lanka and Israel. I hope to discuss this with you
today, along with other problems. We face great challenges of security and
peace, with peace being peace with the Palestinians. We have another
problem. We have the problem of Iran that is continuing to defy the
international community, doesn’t seem to seek an end to its military nuclear
program. Like North Korea, it continues to defy all the international
standards and I believe that this requires the international community to
ratchet up its sanctions and make clear that if this continues there will be
also a credible military sanction. I think no other means will make Iran
obey the wishes of the international community."