People and the Government of Sri Lanka are extremely saddened to learn of the terrorist attack at the Hotel Marriot in Islamabad. The Government of Sri Lanka unequivocally condemns this abominable act of terrorism that has claimed precious civilian life and injured scores of others as well as destroyed property in Islamabad, said a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo on September 21, 2008.

The statement further said:

”People and the Government share the grief of the Pakistan nation in this hour of acute pain and express sympathies to the families of those innocent people who have suffered as a result of this barbaric act.

Government of Sri Lanka fully supports all comprehensive measures being taken by the Government of Pakistan to combat the menace of terrorism.”