Looking at devolution of power to Tamils: Wickremesinghe
9 years, 6 months ago

Looking at devolution of power to Tamils: Wickremesinghe

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said his government was looking at devolution of power to ethnic Tamils under the provisions of the Constitution, an issue India has been pursuing with the island nation. On devolution of power to Tamils in Northern and Eastern provinces, he said “We are looking at how power sharing takes place within the Constitution.” 13th amendment issue India has been pressing Sri Lanka to implement the 13th amendment on devolution of powers to fulfil the aspirations of the ethnic Tamils. The Sri Lankan PM said various issues, including those relating to ethnic Tamil population, and the UNHRC resolution referring to alleged human rights violation in Sri Lanka figured in his talks with Mr. Modi. Mr. Wickremesinghe, who was sworn in Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister for the fourth time last month, said all the parties in his country wanted good relations with India.

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Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties have no choice but to unite in Parliament: Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties have no choice but to unite in Parliament: Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam

The Hindu  

Political parties representing Tamil people in Sri Lanka’s north and east have no choice but to consolidate their presence in Parliament to effectively challenge the Anura Kumara Dissanayake government and assert the rights of the Tamil people, according to Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, Jaffna MP and Leader of the Tamil National People’s Front. Speaking to The Hindu on what lies ahead for …

Sri Lankan president’s visit ticks most boxes
3 months ago

Sri Lankan president’s visit ticks most boxes

New Indian Express  

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s promise of continuity with change and saying what India wanted to hear on security relations ought to have eased concerns in New Delhi about the Marxist-leaning leader’s new regime. The joint statement also spoke about an open, safe and secure Indian Ocean region, which was read in the context of China’s territorial expansionism and …

‘Won’t allow anti-India activities’: Sri Lankan President Dissanayake
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3 months, 1 week ago

‘Won’t allow anti-India activities’: Sri Lankan President Dissanayake

Hindustan Times  

Sri Lanka will not allow its soil to be used against Indian interests, its President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Monday as the two sides agreed on measures to bolster strategic and security cooperation. A joint statement said Dissanayake reiterated Sri Lanka’s “stated position of not permitting its territory to be used in any …

Won’t allow Lankan soil to be used against India, Dissanayake tells PM Modi
3 months, 1 week ago

Won’t allow Lankan soil to be used against India, Dissanayake tells PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India and Sri Lanka on Monday agreed on measures to bolster strategic and security cooperation even as visiting Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi he wouldn’t allow his country’s soil to be used against Indian interests. A joint statement said Dissanayake reiterated Sri Lanka’s “stated position of not permitting its territory to be …

‘Sri Lanka’s Territory Wouldn’t Be Used Against India’s Security Interests’: President Dissanayake After Meeting PM Modi
3 months, 1 week ago

‘Sri Lanka’s Territory Wouldn’t Be Used Against India’s Security Interests’: President Dissanayake After Meeting PM Modi

ABP News  

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, during his maiden overseas visit to India, assured New Delhi that Sri Lanka's territory would not be used against India’s security interests. “It is a privilege to visit India on my first overseas trip as President and I am grateful to PM @narendramodi for supporting Sri Lanka during the economic crisis and for aiding …

Modi-Dissanayake meet: Sri Lankan President says he won’t allow island nation to be used in ways ‘detrimental’ to India
3 months, 1 week ago

Modi-Dissanayake meet: Sri Lankan President says he won’t allow island nation to be used in ways ‘detrimental’ to India

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held extensive talks on Monday with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on several issues, including improving cooperation between the two nations, as concerns grow over China's influence in the region. The Sri Lankan leader assured that his country would not allow the island nation to be used in “a manner that is detrimental to the …

Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake meets Modi: ‘Won’t allow our land to be used against India’s interests’
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3 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake meets Modi: ‘Won’t allow our land to be used against India’s interests’

Firstpost  

After holding a bilateral meeting with PM Modi in New Delhi, Sri Lankan President Dissanayake said: ‘I have given an assurance to the Prime Minister of India that we will not allow our land to be used in any way in a manner that is detrimental to the interest of India’ Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, on Monday, assured …

Interview | Sri Lankan democracy has been altered by citizens themselves: Jayadeva Uyangoda
4 months ago

Interview | Sri Lankan democracy has been altered by citizens themselves: Jayadeva Uyangoda

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2024 18:57 IST - 21 MINS READ Jayadeva Uyangoda, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, spoke to Amit Baruah about the groundbreaking November 14 election results and their implications for Sri Lanka’s future. Since independence—actually since 1931 when we got the universal adult franchise—political power through elections has always been the monopolistic …

A new chapter in India-Sri Lanka relations
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A new chapter in India-Sri Lanka relations

Hindustan Times  

The Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s victory and ascension to the presidency marks a significant shift in Sri Lanka’s political landscape, with effects on its relations with India. PM Modi’s immediate outreach indicates India’s desire to build on the $4 billion assistance package it provided during Sri Lanka's economic crisis, deepening collaboration in areas like infrastructure, energy, and trade​. Dissanayake’s approach to …

Prominent Tamil party in Sri Lanka seeks governance structure based on federal model
7 months, 1 week ago

Prominent Tamil party in Sri Lanka seeks governance structure based on federal model

The Hindu  

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi, a prominent political party representing Tamils of Sri Lanka’s north and east, has said it would consider backing a presidential aspirant who agrees to its demand for a governance structure based on a federal model. The party’s position, which reiterates its long-standing demand for a just political solution to the civil war-scarred country’s Tamil question, …

Why are Katchatheevu pacts being questioned? | Explained
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Why are Katchatheevu pacts being questioned? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On March 31, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on social media platform ‘X’ that he blamed the Congress for “callously” giving away Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka. Calling for a “solution”, he said the bilateral agreements signed by India and Sri Lanka in 1974 and 1976, when the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam were in …

Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe backs India-mooted 13A as solution to Tamil community's demand for political autonomy
1 year, 2 months ago

Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe backs India-mooted 13A as solution to Tamil community's demand for political autonomy

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on January 5 backed the India-mooted 13th Amendment as a solution to address the minority Tamil community's long-pending demand for political autonomy. Addressing a group of professionals in Jaffna, the capital of the Tamil-dominated Northern Province, Mr. Wickremesinghe said the devolution of power shouldn’t merely be a political concept but an economic reality. The 13A …

Citing ‘inadequate progress’ on rights front, India urges Sri Lanka to keep its promises
1 year, 6 months ago

Citing ‘inadequate progress’ on rights front, India urges Sri Lanka to keep its promises

The Hindu  

India on Tuesday said the progress made by Sri Lanka, on its commitment to fulfill the Tamils’ aspirations, was “inadequate” and urged the island nation to “work meaningfully” to keep its promises. However, progress on the same is inadequate and we urge the Government of Sri Lanka to work meaningfully towards early implementation of its commitments to ensure that the …

Sri Lankan President Pushes 13th Amendment for Empowering Tamil Provincial Councils
1 year, 7 months ago

Sri Lankan President Pushes 13th Amendment for Empowering Tamil Provincial Councils

News 18  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said he would fully implement the 13th Amendment to make the system of provincial councils more meaningful by reducing the central government’s powers to curb their functioning, and asked all political parties to submit their proposals on the issue so that the Parliament could take a “final decision”. The President reiterated that he …

India aids Sri Lanka to fund its digital identity project, hands over INR 450 million
1 year, 7 months ago

India aids Sri Lanka to fund its digital identity project, hands over INR 450 million

India TV News  

Aid to Sri Lanka: ​India has handed over an advance aid of INR 450 million to Sri Lanka to fund its digital identity project, a significant step in its digitalisation programme being implemented through the Indian grant assistance. “Signifying the Indian government’s commitment to the initiative, the Indian High Commissioner handed over a significant contribution of Indian Rs 450 million …

Sri Lankan President plans to implement 13th Amendment: How is it significant for India? Know about it
1 year, 7 months ago

Sri Lankan President plans to implement 13th Amendment: How is it significant for India? Know about it

India TV News  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is planning to press ahead with his quest for the full implementation of the 13th Amendment as part of his reconciliation efforts with the nation’s minority Tamil community, officials said. The Tamil minority community in Sri Lanka has been demanding the implementation of the 13th Amendment that provides for the devolution of power to it. …

Modi Has Asked Wickremesinghe To Act On Tamil Issue, Eyeing 2024. But, It's Easier Said Than Done
1 year, 7 months ago

Modi Has Asked Wickremesinghe To Act On Tamil Issue, Eyeing 2024. But, It's Easier Said Than Done

ABP News  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India last week was although high on connectivity, trade and investment plans between both countries, it did little to resolve the decades-long controversy that continues to strain the relationship — and that is the issue of Tamil reconciliation that continues to stir up the bloody past of the civil war in Sri Lanka …

PM Modi raises aspirations of Tamils with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe
1 year, 8 months ago

PM Modi raises aspirations of Tamils with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

The Hindu  

India expects Sri Lanka to implement the Thirteenth Amendment and ensure a “life of respect and dignity” for its Tamil population, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Welcoming Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to India, Mr Modi informed that both sides have held talks on a number of infrastructure projects that can ensure greater connectivity between the two countries …

What Is The 13th Amendment To Sri Lankan Constitution And Why Is It Significant For Tamils
1 year, 8 months ago

What Is The 13th Amendment To Sri Lankan Constitution And Why Is It Significant For Tamils

ABP News  

Thirty-six years since the signing of the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord, the 13th Amendment to Sri Lankan Constitution is back in focus with the visit of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to India. In a bid to resolve the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka between Tamils and the Sinhalese, the 13th amendment was passed in 1987 as part of the Indo-Lanka Accord, …

Stalin tells PM to retrieve Katchatheevu
1 year, 8 months ago

Stalin tells PM to retrieve Katchatheevu

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to prevail upon Sri Lankan President Ranil Wikramasinghe, during the diplomatic talks that would mark his visit to India on Friday, to give back Katchatheevu and put an end to the attack on Indian fishermen by Lankan Navy by protecting their traditional fishing rights. In a letter to the …

Tamil National Alliance ‘categorically rejects’ Sri Lankan President’s offer of 13th Amendment minus police powers
1 year, 8 months ago

Tamil National Alliance ‘categorically rejects’ Sri Lankan President’s offer of 13th Amendment minus police powers

The Hindu  

The Tamil National Alliance on Tuesday “categorically rejected” Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s offer to implement the 13th Amendment sans police powers, terming his proposal for development and power devolution “another hollow promise”. ‘No police powers’ A small section in the 16-page dossier that dealt with devolution said that the 13th Amendment would be implemented “with the exception of police …

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe to visit India on July 21
1 year, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe to visit India on July 21

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will embark on a two-day visit to India on July 21 during which he is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials here said on July 9. This will be Mr. Wickremesinghe’s first visit to India since being appointed President of the cash-strapped country last year following the ouster of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a …

No agreement in devolution talks with President Ranil Wickremesinghe: Tamil National Alliance
1 year, 10 months ago

No agreement in devolution talks with President Ranil Wickremesinghe: Tamil National Alliance

The Hindu  

Thetalks on power devolution between Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Tamil legislators yielded no positive outcome, according to the Tamil National Alliance, the largest grouping of MPs from the island’s north and east. The Tamil National People’s Front, which has two MPs, stayed out of the talks that it said were “simply aimed at appeasing the international community”. After …

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks India's help with policy reforms, governance, public service delivery
1 year, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks India's help with policy reforms, governance, public service delivery

Firstpost  

The Indian delegation led by the Director General of the National Centre for Good Governance, Bharat Lal met Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe and discussed topics like policy reforms, good governance, digitalization, and assured public service delivery New Delhi: Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe sought India’s help in establishing policy reforms, governance, capacity building, digitalization, and public service delivery, according …

The elusive political solution in Sri Lanka
2 years ago

The elusive political solution in Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

Early February, a group of saffron-clad Buddhist monks gathered near the Sri Lankan Parliament and burnt a copy of the 13th Amendment. Tamils’ engagement Months into his unexpected Presidency, Mr. Wickremesinghe announced that he would ensure that the country’s long-pending ethnic question is resolved by February 4, 2023, the day Sri Lanka marked 75 years of its Independence from colonial …

13th Amendment | A promise of devolution
2 years, 2 months ago

13th Amendment | A promise of devolution

The Hindu  

If an Indian leader or top official makes a statement on Sri Lanka, it would invariably mention one piece of legislation in Sri Lanka’s Constitution — the 13th Amendment. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who was in Colombo earlier this week, said he shared India’s “considered view” with President Ranil Wickremesinghe that the full implementation of the 13th Amendment was …

As talks with Tamil parties drag, Ranil pledges full implementation of 13th Amendment
2 years, 2 months ago

As talks with Tamil parties drag, Ranil pledges full implementation of 13th Amendment

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan government will “fully implement” the 13th Amendment, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday, making a familiar promise to the Tamils on the nearly 40-year-old legislation guaranteeing a measure of power devolution to the island’s provinces. His remarks come even as his government is engaged in talks with the Tamil political leadership to find a durable political solution …

Keen to solve Tamil community problems in Sri Lanka by next year: Wickremesinghe
2 years, 4 months ago

Keen to solve Tamil community problems in Sri Lanka by next year: Wickremesinghe

Deccan Chronicle  

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday said that he is keen to solve all issues, including land and housing, pertaining to the Tamil minority community in the country's Northern Province by next year when the island nation celebrates its 75th anniversary of Independence. Speaking in Vavuniya, a Tamil dominated district in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka where …

Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties skeptical of Ranil’s outreach
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties skeptical of Ranil’s outreach

The Hindu  

Reaching out to Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties in Parliament on November 10, President Ranil Wickremesinghe invited them for a discussion this week, and pledged to resolve their pending issues before the island nation’s 75th Independence Day falling on February 4, 2023. Sumanthiran said despite known differences among Tamil parties, the TNA invited them for a discussion this week, “as we …

Don’t need outside intervention to solve issues being faced by Tamil community: SL President Wickremesinghe
2 years, 4 months ago

Don’t need outside intervention to solve issues being faced by Tamil community: SL President Wickremesinghe

India TV News  

Ahead of 75th anniversary of independence, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday said his country does not need outside intervention in its internal affairs and urged minority Tamil community to hold talk with government to resolve their outstanding issues. “I invite all of you to have talks next week and settle all outstanding issues before the 75th anniversary of …

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe hopeful of resolving problems faced by ethnic Tamils
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe hopeful of resolving problems faced by ethnic Tamils

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he is hopeful of resolving the problems faced by ethnic Tamils in the country, as he announced the appointment of a committee to find ways to integrate the Indian-origin workers in the plantation sector into the society. “While some of the Tamils of Hill Country origin had integrated successfully into the Sri Lankan …

Lankan Govt to Appoint Panel for Integration of Indian-origin Tamil Workers in Society: Prez Wickremesinghe
2 years, 4 months ago

Lankan Govt to Appoint Panel for Integration of Indian-origin Tamil Workers in Society: Prez Wickremesinghe

News 18  

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said his government will appoint a committee to seek how best to integrate the Indian-origin Tamil workers in the hill plantation regions further into the Sri Lankan society. “While some of the Tamils of Hill Country origin had integrated successfully into the Sri Lankan society, some have failed and measures would be taken to assist them …

India abstains on Sri Lanka vote at Human Rights Council
2 years, 5 months ago

India abstains on Sri Lanka vote at Human Rights Council

The Hindu  

India on Thursday abstained from voting on a resolution on Sri Lanka at the U.N. Human Rights Council, while observing that Sri Lanka’s progress in implementing commitments on the 13th Amendment, meaningful devolution, and early provincial elections remains “inadequate”. Further, India has “taken note” of the Sri Lankan government’s commitments on the implementation of commitments “in the spirit of the …

PM Modi congratulates Lanka Prez Wickremesinghe; bats for stability and economic recovery
2 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi congratulates Lanka Prez Wickremesinghe; bats for stability and economic recovery

India TV News  

PM Modi congratulates Lanka Prez Wickremesinghe; bats for stability and economic recovery Sri Lanka news: Wickremesinghe, 73, was on Thursday sworn in as Sri Lanka's eighth president after he was elected by lawmakers to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the country and resigned in the face of public revolt against his government for mismanaging the economy. Sri Lanka news: Prime …

Ranil Wickremesinghe is Sri Lanka’s New President, But Its Problems Are Far From Over
2 years, 7 months ago

Ranil Wickremesinghe is Sri Lanka’s New President, But Its Problems Are Far From Over

News 18  

The election of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new President in Sri Lanka through a parliamentary process to fill the position left vacant by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country, is supposed to be a resolution. At present, India is the only country really looking out for Sri Lanka and in recent months, it has already added 7.5 percent to Colombo’s …

Sri Lanka's newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka's newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in

The Hindu  

Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new President on July 21 to take charge of a nation bitterly angry. Lawmakers apparently considered him the safer hands to lead the nation through the crisis, despite public anger at Mr. Wickremesinghe as an example of the nation's problematic political establishment. But protesters flocked to the Presidential residence instead, …

India says no poll interference: \'Back Sri Lanka quest for stability\'
2 years, 8 months ago

India says no poll interference: \'Back Sri Lanka quest for stability\'

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Shortly after Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election in the Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday morning to become the cash-strapped island nation’s new President, India said that “as a close friend and neighbour of Sri Lanka and a fellow democracy”, it would “continue to be supportive of the quest of the people of Sri Lanka for stability and economic …

Sri Lanka Turmoil: A History of Discrimination That Culminated in the Current Crisis
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka Turmoil: A History of Discrimination That Culminated in the Current Crisis

The Quint  

Sri Lanka’s crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis. Wickremesinghe rejected the UN Expert Panel report that outlined Sri Lankan government atrocities against the Tamils. He stated: “India gave us the intelligence but there has been a lapse …

Ensure peaceful transition of power in full respect for Constitution in Sri Lanka: United Nations
2 years, 8 months ago

Ensure peaceful transition of power in full respect for Constitution in Sri Lanka: United Nations

The Hindu  

The United Nations in Sri Lanka has urged all stakeholders in the island nation to ensure a peaceful transition of power in full respect for the Constitution and to ensure that the root causes of the current instability and people’s grievances are addressed. In Sri Lanka, no quiet after the storm Following the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, United Nations …

In Sri Lanka, no quiet after the storm
2 years, 8 months ago

In Sri Lanka, no quiet after the storm

The Hindu  

Even after the fall of his official residence and the Presidential Secretariat into the hands of protesting citizens, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tried to defy the massive public pressure on him to resign. Abolishing Sri Lanka’s much-hated executive presidential system of government through a comprehensive package of political reforms will have to be a priority in the policy agenda …

Unresolved national question impaired Sri Lanka’s economic progress: Sampanthan
2 years, 9 months ago

Unresolved national question impaired Sri Lanka’s economic progress: Sampanthan

The Hindu  

Addressing Sri Lanka’s Tamil national question is imperative for the island nation’s recovery from the crushing economic crisis it is facing, veteran Tamil leader R. Sampanthan said, contending that the unresolved issue had proved a major impediment for the country’s economic progress since Independence. While corruption, misgovernance, and skewed priorities have led to Sri Lanka’s current economic collapse, years of …

Lessons from Sri Lanka’s crisis - The Hindu
2 years, 10 months ago

Lessons from Sri Lanka’s crisis - The Hindu

The Hindu  

As Sri Lanka’s crisis continues to spiral out of control, the country gets a new Prime Minister: what are the lessons from India’s neighbourhood? As the violence spiralled out of control and PM Mahinda and his family were flown to a naval base for safety, the Indian high commission in Colombo issued two statements distancing itself from the Rajapaksas: one …

The ‘new’ PM will not be a panacea to Sri Lanka’s problems
2 years, 10 months ago

The ‘new’ PM will not be a panacea to Sri Lanka’s problems

Al Jazeera  

This week saw the most serious unrest in Sri Lanka since the aftermath of the Easter Bombing in 2019. The continuing protection and promotion of the Sinhala-Buddhist hegemony that has underpinned Sri Lanka’s economic policies since independence, means that successive governments have made fiscal policy decisions that are motivated by the desire to maintain the Sinhala-Buddhist ethnocracy, rather than what …

Sri Lankan govt to set up special North-East development fund
2 years, 11 months ago

Sri Lankan govt to set up special North-East development fund

The Hindu  

COLOMBO The Sri Lankan governmentwill set up a ‘North-East Development Fund’ to increase investments in the war-affected areas, while probing cases of enforced disappearances and land grabs that remain chief concerns of the Tamil people 13 years after the war ended. The President meanwhile agreed to focus on four key areas, including possibly releasing long-term detainees under the country’s draconian …

Take necessary steps to address Tamil aspirations, India urges Sri Lanka
3 years ago

Take necessary steps to address Tamil aspirations, India urges Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

India on Friday called upon Sri Lanka to take “necessary steps” to address the “legitimate aspirations” of the Tamil community, while reiterating its earlier stance that it is in Sri Lanka’s “own interest that the expectations of Tamils in Sri Lanka for equality, justice, peace and dignity, within a united Sri Lanka, are fulfilled”. Delivering a statement in the interactive …

Tamil MPs of Sri Lanka seek Modi's help in implementing 13th amendment
3 years, 2 months ago

Tamil MPs of Sri Lanka seek Modi's help in implementing 13th amendment

Op India  

Tamil Politicians from Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern Provinces have written a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over seeking his intervention in the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution. In a seven-page letter, the leaders have asked for India’s help in ensuring unfulfilled promises made by the Colombo government while implementing the 13th amendment …

Sri Lanka’s Tamil MPs seek PM Modi intervention on political solution
3 years, 2 months ago

Sri Lanka’s Tamil MPs seek PM Modi intervention on political solution

The Hindu  

Prominent Tamil legislators from Sri Lanka’s north and east have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking India’s help in ensuring that Colombo addresses the island’s long-pending Tamil question with a lasting political solution. It also mentions the interventions made by the Indian political leadership at different points, including PM Modi’s address to the Sri Lankan Parliament in 2015, when …

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla holds 'productive discussion' with Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
3 years, 5 months ago

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla holds 'productive discussion' with Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa

Firstpost  

Shringla, who arrived in Sri Lanka on Saturday on a four-day visit, is also expected to meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and review the bilateral ties between India and the island nation. Colombo: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday had a “productive discussion” with Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on further consolidating the multifaceted bilateral partnership and held delegation-level …

Foreign Secretary Shringla begins four-day visit to Sri Lanka with special focus on port deal
3 years, 5 months ago

Foreign Secretary Shringla begins four-day visit to Sri Lanka with special focus on port deal

Firstpost  

Harsh Vardhan Sringla is expected to reiterate India’s views on the Tamil issue and also talk on matters relating to the building of the western container terminal at the Colombo port by an Indian company Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will pay a four-day visit to Sri Lanka beginning Saturday to take stock of the overall ties and review the …

India abstains during vote on resolution at UNHRC; urges Sri Lanka to fulfill its commitments
4 years ago

India abstains during vote on resolution at UNHRC; urges Sri Lanka to fulfill its commitments

India Today  

India, which abstained during the vote on a strong resolution against Sri Lanka's human rights practices at the UNHRC, on Tuesday urged Colombo to fulfill its commitments on the devolution of political authority, to carry forward the process of reconciliation and address the aspirations of the Tamil community in the island nation. India's approach to the question of human rights …

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