Sri Lanka is hosting the biannual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting ( CHOGM ) The prime ministers of Canada , India and Mauritius have said they will not attend . `` What we realize is that over the years -- as people realize the wonderful reconciliation , rehabilitation and reconstruction program that we are carrying out in Sri Lanka -- that gradually that proxy propaganda war will lose its currency and , in that context , I think it 's entirely right and fitting that we should host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting , '' he said . It follows criticism of Sri Lanka 's human rights record after its 26-year war with Tamil rebels . A statement from Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has decided to skip this year's meeting in Colombo because it "continues a pattern of inaction on issues that are critical for our national security."
Sri Lanka is hosting the biannual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting ( CHOGM ) The prime ministers of Canada , India and Mauritius have said they will not attend . It follows criticism of Sri Lanka 's human rights record after its 26-year war with Tamil rebels . A statement from Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has decided to skip this year's meeting in Colombo because it "continues a pattern of inaction on issues that are critical for our national security."