Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader, MP Rauff Hakeem, has strongly criticized the government's recent statement regarding Israel's attack on Qatar.

According to Hakeem, the Foreign Ministry has once again shown that it is incapable of distinguishing between an "Occupier and the Occupied" or an "air attack and an incident." He also accused the government of exhibiting "mercenary behavior" instead of "solidarity with victims."

In a statement, Hakeem claimed that the government appears to be in "tactical or strategic collusion" with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government.

He argued that the official remarks issued by Sri Lanka's government expose its inability to apply "ethical and moral parameters ...