June 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka said that United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay was making it difficult for Sri Lanka to engage in talks with the UN Human Rights body, a news report said.

"Her statements have not made it easier for us to gather the support of the people of this country to work closely with her office, which I want to do, or facilitate a visit to Sri Lanka," Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told a local newspaper.

"I said you are not helping us to facilitate a programme by your office where you could compliment the efforts of the government to promote and protect the Human Rights of its people," the report said quoting the Minister.

"I made it clear to her that an Office of the High Commission of Human Rights was not warranted in Sri Lanka at the moment. There is a senior advisor representing the High Commissioner's Office working within the ambit of the UN country team and sending regular reports to the High Commissioner's Office," the Minister added.

Ms. Pillay came under criticism from India also when she called for an inquiry into abuses in Sri Lanka's civil war after such a move backed by the western countries failed to garner support at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last month.

India rapped the UN human rights commissioner saying that she should not abuse her position to pursue hidden agendas against Sri Lanka.

Indian Ambassador to the UN, Gopinath Achamkulangare said that the Commissioner should accept the outcome of the special session on Sri Lanka without taking a position on contested proposals and controversial issues which were not accepted by a majority of members.