Sri Lanka says no Indian pressure to give up military action
The Sri Lankan government on Thursday refuted claims by the main left party that India had pressurized it to abandon the current military thrust against Tamil Tiger rebels.
The JVP, or the People's Liberation Front, accused the Indian government of bringing pressure on the Sri Lankan government to stop the military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by sending a top level delegation to the island last week.
"There was no such pressure. The visit was a demonstration of the increased co-operation between the two countries," Anura Yapa, the government spokesman and the minister of Media and Information told reporters.
The unscheduled visit by Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan and Defense Secretary Sri Vijay Singh has led to many a speculation.
Yapa said both the Indian and Sri Lankan governments believe in a political solution to the island's long drawn out separatist armed conflict and the military solution was never an option.
The Sri Lankan government is currently engaged in a military campaign against the rebels who are fighting for a separate homeland for the Tamil minority in the north and east.
The military campaign so far has resulted in the rebels from being evicted from the Eastern Province and the government maintains that the rebels have now been limited to just two districts in the north.
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/26/content_8445162.htm
The JVP, or the People's Liberation Front, accused the Indian government of bringing pressure on the Sri Lankan government to stop the military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by sending a top level delegation to the island last week.
"There was no such pressure. The visit was a demonstration of the increased co-operation between the two countries," Anura Yapa, the government spokesman and the minister of Media and Information told reporters.
The unscheduled visit by Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan and Defense Secretary Sri Vijay Singh has led to many a speculation.
Yapa said both the Indian and Sri Lankan governments believe in a political solution to the island's long drawn out separatist armed conflict and the military solution was never an option.
The Sri Lankan government is currently engaged in a military campaign against the rebels who are fighting for a separate homeland for the Tamil minority in the north and east.
The military campaign so far has resulted in the rebels from being evicted from the Eastern Province and the government maintains that the rebels have now been limited to just two districts in the north.
Extracted from,
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/26/content_8445162.htm
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