The comments were made with regard to the recent video footage showing Sri Lanka army allegedly killing unarmed men.

"The Sri Lanka government deeply regrets the baseless comments contained therein and is perturbed by such statements being made by the Norwegian Minister against a friendly government", Sri Lanka government said in a statement.

It is unbecoming of Minister Solheim to attribute blame on alleged atrocities, contained in an unsubstantiated video footage, without any recourse to an exchange of views and total disregard to the position of the Government of Sri Lanka on the issues in question, that statement said.

The Government says it hopes that a formal response would be received from the Norwegian Government with regard to the attributed comments by a Minister of that Government.