Retired Major General Ashok K. Mehta criticized ManMohan Singh’s National Security Advisor

A retired Major General of the Indian Army has severely criticized Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh’s National Security Advisor for his blunt statement that proposes to cancel Sri Lanka’s sovereign right to purchase its weapons from anywhere it wants and says India has been only paying lip service to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and territorial integrity without meeting its obligations.

Writing an op-ed piece in the Indian daily, The Tribune, retired Major General Ashok K. Mehta said that once, “Sri Lanka was forced to turn to Pakistan for the crucial multibarrel rocket launcher which saved Jaffna from being overwhelmed by the LTTE. Sri Lanka refers to Pakistan as a friend and saviour.”

Mehta very bluntly said, “As India has underwritten Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, it has the moral responsibility to sort out the mess in that country which endangers its own security.”

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