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Colombo informed New Delhi of every step: Rajapaksa

The Sri Lanka government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa had gone out its way to keep New Delhi informed about the developments during the last months of conflict between government troops and separatist Tamil rebels, defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said on Tuesday. Rajapaksa was delivering
the keynote address during the opening session of the three-day international seminar titled `Defeating Terrorism – the Sri Lankan Experience’ organised by the Sri Lanka army (SLA). The seminar is co-sponsored by China.

Rajapaksa, who is President Rajapaksa’s younger brother, said the SLA was on the verge of defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 1987 when the rebels were saved by Indian intervention.

India, worried by the siege of Jaffna by the SLA, had airdropped supplies over the peninsula and had also rescued LTTE leader, V Prabhakaran.

Partially recalling the incident, the defence secretary said international relations including with India were not managed well at that time.

But during the last phase of the conflict in 2009 and before, communication between Colombo and New Delhi was maintained well. He said two teams of senior officials, including the defence secretary himself, kept in regular contact. ``These teams had continuous discussions,’’ he said.

He added that other nations could mount pressure on Sri Lanka through diplomatic channels and on economic lines. But India India could directly influence the military campaign in Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa understood this and managed it well, he said.

The SLA has claimed participants from 41 countries were expected to attend the seminar. India for one has send three colonels to take part in the proceedings.

But the seminar has come under the cloud of allegations of human rights violations by the SLA and global rights agencies had given a call to ban the seminar.

The US, UK, France, Australia and Japan are among the countries not attending the seminar.

Colombo informed New Delhi of every step: Rajapaksa - Hindustan Times
 
But during the last phase of the conflict in 2009 and before, communication between Colombo and New Delhi was maintained well.
He added that other nations could mount pressure on Sri Lanka through diplomatic channels and on economic lines. But India India could directly influence the military campaign in Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa understood this and managed it well, he said.

but is he managing it well after the conflict ?
 
India rescues LTTE leader, goes to show who was the prime instigator to create a bargaining chip in Sri Lanka..India is hungry for influence.
 
India rescues LTTE leader, goes to show who was the prime instigator to create a bargaining chip in Sri Lanka..India is hungry for influence.

No it means we already have influence.....we choose when to excercise it

What's even more evidence of the same is that we allowed LTTE to be finished. India could have easily intervened, but chose not to....
LTTE's destruction happened with Indian blessings....
 
Will Sonia Gandi protect the group, who killed her husband? No No No

No one protected LTTE...but Indian gov was and should be careful about Sri Lankan gov intentions..in the name of defeating LTTE, tamils were ethnically cleansed...some Srilankans are still trying to do so by not providing equal rights to Tamils in their country
 

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