Sri Lanka on Sunday said the US should reconsider its decision to refuse entry to the island's army chief over his alleged war crimes and warned that relations were being "unnecessarily complicated".

Sri Lanka calls on US to reconsider barring army chief

The Sri Lankan government has reacted strongly to the travel restrictions imposed by the US on the island nation`s Army chief Lt. General Shavendra Silva and his family over "credible" evidence of human rights violations in decades-long civil war, media reports said on Saturday.

Sri Lanka takes strong objection to US travel restrictions on army chief

The United States has imposed sanctions on Sri Lanka's army chief, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, for alleged human rights violations including extrajudicial killings in 2009 during the country's civil war, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.

US blacklists Sri Lankan army commander Shavendra Silva, cites killings and abuses

Sri Lanka's president has appointed a general accused by the United Nations of war crimes to the country's second-highest army ranking, evoking outcry from rights groups.

Accused Sri Lanka war criminal named army's second-in-command

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Sri Lanka calls on US to reconsider barring army chief

Sri Lanka takes strong objection to US travel restrictions on army chief

US blacklists Sri Lankan army commander Shavendra Silva, cites killings and abuses

Accused Sri Lanka war criminal named army's second-in-command